The Collected Stories of John McGahern
by MCGAHERN, JOHNEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-03-15
Publisher(s): Vintage
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Summary
These 34 funny, tragic, bracing, and acerbic stories represent the complete short fiction of one of Ireland's finest living writers. On struggling farms, in Dublin's rain-drenched streets, or in parched exile in Franco's Spain, McGahern's characters wage a confused but touching war against the facts of life.
Author Biography
John McGahern was the author of five highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories. His novel Amongst Women won the GPA Book Award and the Irish Times Award, was short-listed for the Booker Prize, and was made into a four-part BBC television series. He had been a visiting professor at Colgate University and at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and was the recipient of the Society of Authors’ Award, the American-Irish Award, and the Prix Étrangère Ecureuil, among other awards and honors. His work appeared in anthologies and was translated into many languages. He died in 2006.
Table of Contents
| Wheels | p. 3 |
| Why We're Here | p. 12 |
| Coming into his Kingdom | p. 16 |
| Christmas | p. 23 |
| Hearts of Oak and Bellies of Brass | p. 29 |
| Strandhill, the Sea | p. 39 |
| The Key | p. 45 |
| Korea | p. 54 |
| Lavin | p. 59 |
| My Love, My Umbrella | p. 65 |
| Peaches | p. 75 |
| The Recruiting Officer | p. 100 |
| The Beginning of an Idea | p. 112 |
| A Slip-up | p. 127 |
| All Sorts of Impossible Things | p. 133 |
| Faith, Hope and Charity | p. 146 |
| The Stoat | p. 152 |
| Doorways | p. 158 |
| The Wine Breath | p. 178 |
| Along the Edges | p. 188 |
| Swallows | p. 200 |
| Gold Watch | p. 211 |
| Parachutes | p. 226 |
| A Ballad | p. 239 |
| Oldfashioned | p. 249 |
| Like All Other Men | p. 272 |
| Eddie Mac | p. 281 |
| Crossing the Line | p. 295 |
| High Ground | p. 306 |
| Sierra Leone | p. 316 |
| The Conversion of William Kirkwood | p. 331 |
| Bank Holiday | p. 350 |
| The Creamery Manager | p. 366 |
| The Country Funeral | p. 374 |
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