The Heather Fields: And Other Stories - Couverture souple

Deane, John F

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 085640800X ISBN 13 : 9780856408007

Editeur : Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2007

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In The Heather Fields, Reynolds' only friend has drowned and his neighbours have turned against him. Facing a cold and lonely future, he is simply marking time until his death, with only some pigs, chickens and the scolding shade of his mother for company. Life is as cruel as the land in The Eye of the Beholder. Living alone on a small, failing farm, Augustine Honeywell yearns for companionship, but God has dealt him 'a hand with not even one trump. Not an ace, not a king, not a knave; and above all, not a queen. And in Down on the Farm, a modest lottery win allows the lustful Valentine Kidney to escape the 'wholesome and disinfected petting' that passes for romance in Killnamaine. Set in island communities in small-town rural Ireland, peopled with the marginalized and forgotten, these nine stories address life's most profound questions - the nature of existence and the purpose of being.

Biographie de l'auteur :

John F. Deane was born on Achill Island in 1943 and now lives in Dublin where he runs Dedalus Press. In 1979 he founded Poetry Ireland, the national poetry society, and its journal, Poetry Ireland Review.His first collection of short stories was published in 1994 and his fiction has since been published both by Wolfhound Press (One Man's Place, Flightlines) and Blackstaff Press (In the Name of the Wolf, The Coffin Master, Undertow).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackstaff Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 085640800X
• ISBN 13: 9780856408007
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256