A slanting of the sun
Subtitle: stories
By: Donal Ryan
Publisher: Doubleday Ireland; Transworld Ireland
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781781620267; 9781781620250; 9781473509948
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Irish Short stories; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: An old man looks into the fearful eyes of a burglar left to guard him while his brother is beaten; an Irish priest in a war-torn Syrian town teaches its young men the art of hurling; the driver of a car which crashed, killing a teenage girl, forges a connection with the girl's mother; a squad of broken friends assemble to take revenge on a rapist; a young man sets off on his morning run, reflecting on the ruins of his relationship, but all is not as it seems.
Table of contents: title: The passion; title: Tommy and Moon; title: Trouble; title: The squad; title: Nephthys and the lark; title: Sky; title: From a starless night; title: Hanora Ryan, 1998; title: The house of the big small ones; title: Ragnarok; title: Physiotherapy; title: Long Puck; title: Losers weepers; title: Grace; title: Retirement do; title: Aisling; title: Crouch end introductions; title: Meryl; title: Royal blue; title: A slanting of the sun.