| Collected Stories of Frank O'Connor Contributor(s): O'Connor, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394710487 ISBN-13: 9780394710488 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1982 Annotation: "One of the masters of the short story".--NEWSWEEK. "In almost all the stories in this excellently balanced collection O'Connor's people explode from the page. The nice are here and the nasty: the gentle, the generous, the mean, the absurd, those rich in dignity, those without a shred of it. . . . Without adornment, he simply tells the truth".--WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 82040039 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 5.27" W x 8.06" (1.20 lbs) 720 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frank O'Connor is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, and a master of the short story form. In this definitive compilation of his stories, including Guests of the Nation, O'Connor explores universal themes of love, loss, and faith through the particulars of the Irish experience, both in Ireland and abroad. |
