Collected short stories
By: Michael McLaverty ; edited with an afterword by Sophia Hillan ; wood engravings by Barbara Childs ; introduction by Seamus Heaney.
Publisher: Blackstaff Press; Blackstaff Pr
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Northern Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.; Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Michael McLaverty, one of Ireland's most distinguished short story writers, painted with acute precision and intensity the northern landscapes of his homeland - lonely hill farms, rough island terrain and the tight backstreets of Belfast. Focusing on moments of passion, wonder or bitter disenchantment in lives that are a continuous struggle towards the light, these stories, in the compassion of the tone and the spare purity of the language, are nothing short of masterly."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-293).