Country of the grand
Subtitle: a collection of stories
By: Gerard Donovan
Publisher: Faber; Faber and Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780571235544
Subjects: Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: The stories in this book magnify the new Ireland of today, as it copes with the rewards and pressures of its recent boom: immigration, mid-life crisis, adultery and divorce, a lost sense of place and history, and, of course, what to do with all that prosperity.
Table of contents: title: Morning swimmer; title: How long until; title: Shoplifting in the USA; title: Country of the grand; title: By Irish nights; title: Archaeologists; title: Glass; title: Another life; title: The summer of birds; title: The receptionist; title: New deal; title: Harry Dietz; title: Visit.