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Lantern Slides: Stories
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction
"Superb...[Lantern Slides] continues the quest for origin and explanation that has preoccupied O'Brien...Her stories unearth the primeval feelings buried just below the surface of nostalgia, using memories to illuminate both what is ridiculous and what is heroic about passion." --David Leavitt, The New York Times Book Review
"Her stories are brilliantly realized and often very funny...O'Brien is quite simply one of the finest short story writers of our time." --Joyce Carol Oates
A newly reissued collection of stories from the author of Girl, "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition)
In twelve stories peopled with deeply etched characters, whom we come to know instantly and intimately, Lantern Slides reveals the wit and passion of a master of the short fiction form. Rich and humorous, full of struggle and boldness, these stories are a singular reflection of Edna O'Brien's artistry.
Book Details
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Publish Date: Oct 15th, 2019
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.30in - 0.90in - 0.44lb
- EAN: 9780374538842
- Categories: • Literary• Short Stories (single author)• World Literature - Ireland - 20th Century
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What people are saying
Texan celebrating his Irish heritage; operated by @RickBarry44
The fine thread sustaining the kite suggests to her that thin thread between mother and child, and it is as if the full meaning of motherhood has been revealed to her at last. EDNA O'BRIEN, 'Storm', Lantern Slides #MothersDay2023 #SundaySentence https://t.co/yPib3J3GVj
Anton Hur is a writer and translator.
“Of the 176 stories that mention Ireland, 135 are by Irish writers—the likes of Edna O’Brien, Roddy Doyle, and William Trevor. “By comparison, of the 213 stories that mention China, only 10 are written by an author of Chinese descent. All 10 are by Yiyun Li.”
Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.
Plotting takes careful planning. #Writers waste years pursuing #stories that eventually don’t work. JOHN GRISHAM Fuck the #plot! That is for precocious schoolboys. What matters is the imaginative truth. EDNA O’BRIEN #amwriting #fiction #writing https://t.co/1Icn6Rfmrw
What people are saying
Texan celebrating his Irish heritage; operated by @RickBarry44
The fine thread sustaining the kite suggests to her that thin thread between mother and child, and it is as if the full meaning of motherhood has been revealed to her at last. EDNA O'BRIEN, 'Storm', Lantern Slides #MothersDay2023 #SundaySentence https://t.co/yPib3J3GVj
Anton Hur is a writer and translator.
“Of the 176 stories that mention Ireland, 135 are by Irish writers—the likes of Edna O’Brien, Roddy Doyle, and William Trevor. “By comparison, of the 213 stories that mention China, only 10 are written by an author of Chinese descent. All 10 are by Yiyun Li.”