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Scéalta: Short Stories by Irish Women
Author(s): Rebecca O'Connor
- Publisher: Telegram Books
- Publication Date: 23 Feb. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 170 pages
- ISBN-10: 1846590035
- ISBN-13: 9781846590030
Book Description
Features stories of dysfunctional marriages, abnormal goings on in rural outposts, urban alienation and kitchen sink dramas where the woman is no longer tied to the kitchen sink, but railing against past wrongs. This work also talks about various issues of domestic violence, child abuse, and abortion.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘… many excellent writers included here.’ — Sunday Tribune (Dublin) 26 February 2006
‘An interesting and distinctive read … yet another barometer of the current health of the Irish short story. —
Evening Herald‘Yet another barometer of the current health of the Irish short story … an interesting and distinctive read.’ —
Evening Herald (Dublin) 18 February 2006A must-have anthology of contemporary writing. There are 15 stories within this anthology, and each one a gem. —
Ms Lexia, April 2006These are stories that satisfy because they take time and space to develop … —
Irish Times, 4 March 2006About the Author
Rebecca O’Connor was born in Ireland in 1975. She received a bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to complete her debut novel He is Mine and I Have No Other. Her poetry has been published in the Reactions anthology and in Poetry Review, where she was awarded the Geoffrey Dearmer prize for ‘Best new poet of 2003’. Her story The Mayfly was an award-winner in the 2003 Virago/Marie Claire short story competition. She was writer-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust from June to December 2005.
