Фрэнк О'Коннор - автор 28 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Современная ирландская новелла, Пробуждение. Рассказы ирландских писателей, Идеалист. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
Новеллы в Ирландии идут от саг, которые в отличие от эпоса других европейских народов сложились не в стихах, а в прозе. Герои нынешних новелл - одинокие люди, жизнь которых состоит из одних крушений: несостоявшейся любви, оборвавшейся дружбы, обманутого доверия. Часто ирландские новеллисты обращаются к теме духовного застоя, отдающего людей во власть религии. И вместе с тем они полны веры в чело...
В сборник вошли рассказы ирландских писателей первой половины XX века - представителей различных школ и направлений; рассказы воспроизводят народную жизнь Ирландии в её разнообразных аспектах. Большинство новелл переводится на русский язык впервые.
Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) is considered to be the master of Irish short story, and this collection, with a foreword by Julian Barnes, is an attempt to introduce the reader to each of the themes he excelled at: childhood, war, loss, loneliness. O'Connor published works of fiction and non-fiction continuously from the 1930s to the 1960s. Most recently his biography of Michael Collins, The...
For the first time, a career-spanning omnibus edition of the works of Frank O’Connor, the writer Yeats dubbed ‘Ireland’s Chekhov’. Edited and introduced by Julian Barnes, The Best of Frank O’Connor gives us a generous selection of the author’s oeuvre, intriguingly divided into eight thematic sections. War includes the famous ‘Guests of the Nation’, set during the Irish Civil War; Childhood draws o...
The legendary book about writing by the legendary writer is back! Frank O’Connor was one of the twentieth century’s greatest short story writers, and one of Ireland’s greatest authors ever. Now, O’Connor’s influential and sought-after book on the short story is back. THE LONELY VOICE offers a master class with the master. With his sharp wit and straightforward prose, O’Connor not only discusses th...
Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Frank O’Connor wrote many stories about priests. Some of his most iconic characters are men of the cloth, and few writers have portrayed the unique demands of the priesthood with as much empathy, honesty, and wit. This collection, edited and introduced by his widow, Harriet O’Donovan Sheehy, brings together the best of O’Connor’s short fiction ...
by Frank O'Connor (Selections) In his introduction to this collection, Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short story writer, emphasizes the richness of the short story tradition in Ireland. The stories he has chosen, all written between the end of the last century and the 1950s, illustrate his meaning and demonstrate how the style and approach of these writers changed in respons...