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Revised and with two new chapters, this study treats the entirety of Bernard MacLaverty’s oeuvre, devoting a chapter to each of his five novels and six short-story collections. It shows how his linguistically precise fiction, suffused with authentic dialogue and humor from Northern Ireland, realistically renders the human condition and suggests our need for community.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Appearance Versus Reality in
Secrets and Other Stories 2. True and Distorted Fatherly Loves in
Lamb 3. Seasonal Communication in
A Time to Dance and Other Stories 4. Perception, Confession, and Community in
Cal 5. Hearing the Other: Sounds of Connection and Community in
The Great Profundo and Other Stories 6. Ontological Encounters with Others in
Walking the Dog and Other Stories 7. The Beauties of
Grace Notes 8. The Buoyant Beauty of a Belfast
Bildungsroman:
The Anatomy School 9. The Truth of Fiction:
Matters of Life and Death and Other Stories 10. “All Shall Be Well”:
Midwinter Break 11. Rescue and Resurrection Narratives:
Blank Pages and Other Stories Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
RICHARD RANKIN RUSSELL is a professor of English at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
