num_pages: 55
description: Set in Dublin in the 1950s, this haunting, previously unpublished story follows Yvonne, a young Irish woman, who becomes convinced that there is more to life than marriage to Sam, the dutiful Jewish young man who is courting her, in a beautifully illustrated tale of love and repression. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Something Special: A Story
titlecomplete: Something Special: A Story
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Short Stories, British Literature, Female Authors, Classics, Irish Literature, Modern, 20th Century, Novella
ratings_count: 494
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc