description: Discover Man Booker winner Anne Enright's first collection of short stories.'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela CarterThe characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable.'Quirky, subversive, original wit and an imaginative linguistic fluency' Irish Times
language: English
title: The Portable Virgin
titlecomplete: The Portable Virgin
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 159
places: Ireland
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Rooney Prize
category: Irish Literature
publisher: Reed Consumer Book