| Bullfighting: Stories Contributor(s): Doyle, Roddy (Author), Cranitch, Lorcan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792779312 ISBN-13: 9780792779315 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following for his wry wit, his uncanny ear, and his ability to fully capture the hearts of his characters. Bullfighting, his second collection of stories, offers thirteen bittersweet takes on men and middle-age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today. Moving from classrooms to local pubs to bullrings, these tales feature an array of men taking stock and reliving past glories, each concerned with loss in different ways--of their place in the world, of their power, their virility, health, and love. "Recuperation" follows a man as he sets off on his daily prescribed walk around his neighborhood, the sights triggering recollections of his family and his younger days. In "Animals," George recalls caring for his children's many pets and his heartfelt effort to spare them grief when they died or disappeared. The title story captures the mixture of bravado and helplessness of four friends who go off to Spain on holiday. Sharply observed, funny, and moving, these thirteen stories present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs, and middle-aged men trying to break out of the routines of their lives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cranitch, Lorcan: - Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor. He has starred in Ballykissangel, Shackleton, Hornblower, and the HBO/BBC production of Rome. He has appeared on stage with the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre and with the RSC, notably as John Hall in The Herbal Bed. Doyle, Roddy: -Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He is a recipient of the Irish PEN Award for Literature, and his novel Paddy Clarke Ha-Ha won the Man Booker Prize in 1993. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. |