Quick and the Dead - Selected Stories

Máirtín Ó Cadhain's colorful tales whisk his readers to the salty western shores of Ireland, where close-knit farming communities follow the rhythms of custom, family, and land, even as they dream together of a kinder world.

About the author

Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in An Cnocán Glas, Cois Fharraige, Connemara. He is best known for his novel Cré na Cille, which has been translated into English as The Dirty Dust and Graveyard Clay. Louis de Paor is professor of Irish studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Summary

A collection of the finest stories from the Irish author of The Dirty Dust, published fifty years after his death

Product details

• Authors: Mairtin O Cadhain, O Cadhain Mairtin, Mairtin O. Cadhain
• Assisted by: de Paor Louis (Introduction)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300247213
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24721-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters; Margellos World Republic of Le
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories