Mary Lavin
D'hoker, Elke2013
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"Since the publication of her first collection, 'Tales from Bective Bridge', in 1942, Mary Lavin has been praised for admirably capturing the social and psychological reality of mid-Twentieth-century Ireland, in intense and lurid stories. Yet Lavin's sharp insight into the quiet tragedies and joys of human life easily transends its immediate context and her work continues to appeal to contemporary readiers, both in Ireland and abroad. To celebrate the recent centenary of Mary Lavin's birth, this collection honours one of the leading figures of the Irish short story tradition......", blurb on the back cover
Main title:
Mary Lavin / editor Elke D'hoker ; (foreword by Colm Toíbín).
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Imprint:
Sallins, Co. Kildare) : Irish Academic Press (8 Chapel Lane, Sallins, Co. Kildare, 2013.
Collation:
x, 222p. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Aa copy DCPL0000714819 is shelved at 822.914/Lavin.Bibliography: p.206-217.
ISBN:
9780716531814 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
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BRN:
641357