Julia O'Faolain is one of the most important Irish writers of the past half-century. Under the Rose is a selection of short stories taken from her many celebrated collections.
These are stories about families and relationships, religion and politics, new life and mortality, and their settings range from Ireland and the USA to Italy and France. O'Faolain exposes the delusions of sexual desire, explores the failings of the Church and unpicks the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society. In an afterword, she considers the art of the short story and the influences that continue to shape her work.
Powerful, profound and unflinching in their reflections on human experience, the stories in Under the Rose are masterpieces of the form.
Praise for Julia O'Faolain:
'The assurance, range and diversity of her stories . . . proclaim a writer of daunting gifts.' Guardian
'Entertaining and rich in comedy . . . gripping and moving.' William Trevor
'A wonderful stylist and an exciting writer . . . Her work is joyous, urbane and intensely Irish.' Independent on Sunday
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Julia O'Faolain's powerful short stories should be more widely read and more warmly appreciated. They offer the traditional pleasures of the genre in scene-setting and characterisation but are spiked with an eccentric humour that is particularly her own. Under the Rose demonstrates both [O'Faolain's] practised skill and her desire to disturb the complacent.
The shocks she contrives, embedded in casual narratives, are darkly funny and often grotesque ... In between are finely observed glimpses of daily life ... O'Faolain's long reach, technical confidence and vivid scenarios mark her out as an original writer who has built on the literary legacies of her father, Sean O'Faolain, and writers from Elizabeth Bowen to William Trevor, stiffening her tales with a characteristic mixture of feminism, politics and recent history. This collection will enable readers to enjoy a sampling of the riches of the work of this distinguished author.
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Book Description Condition: New. 2016. Main. Paperback. Set in Italy, France, Ireland or the USA, this title features stories that unpick the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society or the delusions of sexual desire. It includes depictions of Irish or Italian hypocrisies, and also the male bastions of Church and politics. It can shock the reader with their sudden, serenely-accepted violence. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780571294909
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Book Description Condition: New. 2016. Main. Paperback. Set in Italy, France, Ireland or the USA, this title features stories that unpick the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society or the delusions of sexual desire. It includes depictions of Irish or Italian hypocrisies, and also the male bastions of Church and politics. It can shock the reader with their sudden, serenely-accepted violence. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . . . . . Seller Inventory # 9780571294909
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Includes stories about families and relationships, religion and politics, new life and mortality, and their settings range from Ireland and the USA to Italy and France. This book exposes the delusions of sexual desire, explores the failings of the Church and unpicks the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society. Seller Inventory # B9780571294909
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Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 23296377-n