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The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland
''The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland'' is a compilation of previously uncollected stories by Frank O'Connor from 1981.Frank O’Connor. The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland. Dublin: Poolbeg, 1981. The stories were selected by O'Connor's widow, Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy, and the Cork writer David Marcus. The collection includes: *War *There is a Lone House *The Miracle (no relation to "The Miracle" from The Common Chord ''The Common Chord'' is a 1947 short story collection by Frank O'Connor.Frank O’Connor. The Common Chord. London: Macmillan, 1947. New York: Knopf, 1948. Stories It features the following stories: *News For The Church *The Custom of the Coun ...) *May Night *The Flowering Trees *The Storyteller *Mac's Masterpiece *The Climber *Hughie *Last Post *The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland *Uncle Pat *The Adventuress *The Landlady *Baptismal *What Girls Are For *Adventure *A Case of Conscience *The Call *Ghosts *The Grip of the Geraghtys References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland
''The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland'' is a compilation of previously uncollected stories by Frank O'Connor from 1981.Frank O’Connor. The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland. Dublin: Poolbeg, 1981. The stories were selected by O'Connor's widow, Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy, and the Cork writer David Marcus. The collection includes: *War *There is a Lone House *The Miracle (no relation to "The Miracle" from The Common Chord ''The Common Chord'' is a 1947 short story collection by Frank O'Connor.Frank O’Connor. The Common Chord. London: Macmillan, 1947. New York: Knopf, 1948. Stories It features the following stories: *News For The Church *The Custom of the Coun ...) *May Night *The Flowering Trees *The Storyteller *Mac's Masterpiece *The Climber *Hughie *Last Post *The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland *Uncle Pat *The Adventuress *The Landlady *Baptismal *What Girls Are For *Adventure *A Case of Conscience *The Call *Ghosts *The Grip of the Geraghtys References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction (novels and short stories), biography, and travel books, He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was named in his honour. Early life Raised in Cork, he was the only child of Minnie (née O'Connor) and Michael O'Donovan. He attended Saint Patrick’s School on Gardiner's Hill. One teacher, Daniel Corkery, introduced O'Connor's class to the Irish language and poetry and deeply influenced the young pupil. He later attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School. O'Connor's early life was marked by his father's alcoholism, debt, and ill-treatment of his mother. His childhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Marcus (writer)
David Marcus (21 August 1924 in County Cork9 May 2009) was an Irish Jewish editor and writer who was a lifelong advocate for and editor of Irish fiction. Life and times Born in County Cork in 1924, Marcus was the much-loved editor of numerous anthologies of Irish fiction and poetry, including the ''Phoenix Irish Short Stories'' collections. Other notable projects included the page ''New Irish Writing'' for the ''Irish Press'', which provided a forum for aspiring Irish authors, publishing most of the most important names in Irish fiction, many for the first time, including Dermot Bolger, Ita Daly, Anne Enright, Neil Jordan, Claire Keegan, John McGahern, Michael Feeney Callan, Bernard MacLaverty, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Joseph O'Connor, Colm Tóibín and William Wall. He was, in the words of Fintan O'Toole "the single most important literary editor in Ireland in the second half of the 20th century". His 1986 novel, ''A Land Not Theirs'', a fictionalized account of the experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Common Chord
''The Common Chord'' is a 1947 short story collection by Frank O'Connor.Frank O’Connor. The Common Chord. London: Macmillan, 1947. New York: Knopf, 1948. Stories It features the following stories: *News For The Church *The Custom of the Country *Judas *The Holy Door *Don Juan, Retired *The Babes in the Wood *The Frying Pan *The Miracle *A Thing of Nothing *The Stepmother *Friends of the Family *Don Juan's Temptation References 1947 short story collections Short story collections by Frank O'Connor Works by Frank O'Connor Macmillan Publishers books {{1940s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Short Story Collections
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Short Story Collections By Frank O'Connor
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Works By Frank O'Connor
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