Liam O'Flaherty fue un importante novelista y cuentista irlandés, una figura clave del Renacimiento literario irlandés. Su obra es celebrada por su realismo descarnado y su comentario social, capturando el espíritu crudo de la vida irlandesa.
Set in 1924, the story follows Michael McDare, an Irish rebel interned in England who escapes to the United States. Over three years, he meticulously plans a political assassination, gathering funds and refining his strategy. Upon returning to Dublin in disguise, he enlists a group of former allies from the Irish republican cause to aid in his mission, highlighting themes of loyalty, rebellion, and the quest for justice.
Set in rural Ireland in 1910, the narrative intertwines themes of love, religion, and patriotism, reflecting the societal influences of the time. The characters navigate their relationships against a backdrop of deep-rooted beliefs and national pride, exploring how these elements shape their lives and interactions.
From vicious rival brothers to desperate single mothers, frisky newlyweds to frigid life partners, Patrick McGinley covers all kinds of Irish (or simply human) relationship in this collection of short stories. In fourteen stories, some brief glimpses of an hour in the life, some longer explorations of years of growing animosity, McGinley explores the ties that bind us: the bond of family, unbreakable even when we wish it severed; the financial and emotional connections we make with our neighbours and colleagues; even the brief and tenuous link between a con artist and his prey. In turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, sweet and savage, Irish Portraits gives the reader a first-hand look at the lives of its characters, a handful of countrymen with one thing in common: their humanity.
Ein kräftiger junger Mann liegt mit einer seltsamen Krankheit namens Liebe darnieder. Eine alte Dame muss als Jockey bei einem Pferderennen einspringen. Ein kleiner Junge träumt von seinem ersten Anzug. Das Leben eines Neugeborenen blüht auf, während dasjenige seines Großvaters schwindet. O'Flahertys Erzählungen haben das große Ganze des menschlichen Lebens im Blick genauso wie das unverwechselbare Detail. Zartheit und Heftigkeit, diskretes Pathos und kühler Realismus, skurriler Humor und Mitgefühl mit den Armen und Unterdrückten verbinden sich in O'Flahertys Erzählkunst zu einer unverwechselbar irischen Mischung.
Forty-nine-year-old Mr Gilhooley is living two the one drinking in the pubs of Dublin, the other desperate and lonely, longing for love. A chance encounter with the innocent and yet destructive Nelly starts a chain of compelling, dark and menacing events.This is the underworld of 1920's Dublin. Death, violence, sex, religion and love entwine and weave paths in this visually rich and passionate tragic-comedy.Mr Gilhooley rivalled the fame of Joyce's Ulysses when it was first published, and was reviewed by W.B. Yeats as "a great novel."
By the author of The Wilderness and The Black Soul. This collection of short stories reveals a range of human emotions in the setting of rural Ireland.
Eine irische Saga
Im Jahr 1845 begann für Irland eine Folge von Katastrophen, die alle gewohnten Entbehrungen übertraf. Durch eine Kartoffelkrankheit sahen sich die Menschen ihres Hauptnahrungsmittels beraubt; die Pachtzinse waren nicht mehr aufzubringen. Die kleinen Pächter standen – der eine früher, der andere später – buchstäblich vor dem Nichts. Die Leute starben an Flecktyphus oder ›einfach‹ an Hunger …
