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The History of Magpies
Desmond Hogan
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Description for The History of Magpies
Paperback.
Here are twelve scintillating fresh tales by one of Ireland's leading writers, who has extended and redefined the tradition of the Irish short story with inimitable verbal force. Embedded in Hogan’s uniquely glancing poetic style, they form capsule character studies and micro-histories of society's underbelly, variously located in the streets and back alleys of Edinburgh, London, Zagreb, Cork, Dublin, and in the small rural townscape provinces: Kerry to Limerick, Kinsale, Athlone and beyond, each refracted in compressed jewels of painterly prose that explodes in kaldeiscopic bursts of colour and imagery. These stories are vividly peopled by young homosexuals, Travellers and ... Read more
Here are twelve scintillating fresh tales by one of Ireland's leading writers, who has extended and redefined the tradition of the Irish short story with inimitable verbal force. Embedded in Hogan’s uniquely glancing poetic style, they form capsule character studies and micro-histories of society's underbelly, variously located in the streets and back alleys of Edinburgh, London, Zagreb, Cork, Dublin, and in the small rural townscape provinces: Kerry to Limerick, Kinsale, Athlone and beyond, each refracted in compressed jewels of painterly prose that explodes in kaldeiscopic bursts of colour and imagery. These stories are vividly peopled by young homosexuals, Travellers and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843516668
SKU
V9781843516668
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Ref
99-1
About Desmond Hogan
Des Hogan was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway in 1950. He has been recipient of the Hennessy Award (1971), the Rooney Prize (1977), the Rhys Memorial Prize (1980) and Irish Post Award (1985), and has recently become one of France’s most popular literary writers in translation. His current Lilliput titles include: The Ikon Maker (1976, 2013), The Leaves on Grey ... Read more
Reviews for The History of Magpies
This is a troubled collection from a troubled genius whose narrative technique won’t appeal to traditionalists.
Brian Maye
The Irish Times
Desmond Hogan in this book is writing at a very high pitch of ambition—he is trying to build the cathedral. The project is immense.
Kevin Barry
The Stinging Fly
Brian Maye
The Irish Times
Desmond Hogan in this book is writing at a very high pitch of ambition—he is trying to build the cathedral. The project is immense.
Kevin Barry
The Stinging Fly