The Quick and the Dead : Selected Stories by Mairtin O Cadhain

A collection of the finest stories from the Irish author of The Dirty Dust, published fifty years after his deat ?"Every sentence is packed with explosive power, not a word wasted, and the whole is almost unbearably moving."-Hilary Mantel ? These colorful tales from renowned Irish author M?irt?n O Cadhain (1906-1970) whisk readers to the salty western shores of Ireland, where close-knit farming communities follow the harsh rhythms of custom, family, and land, even as they dream together of a kinder world. In this collection, the resilient women and men of the Gaeltacht regions struggle toward self-realization against the brutal pressures of rural poverty, and later, the hollowing demands of modern city life. ? Weaving together tradition and modernity, and preserving the earthy cadence of the original language, this rich and heart-rending collection by one of Ireland's most acclaimed fiction writers is a composite portrait of a country poised at the edge of irreversible transformation.
Binding: Hardback