The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish short stories

About this book

The #1 Irish Times bestseller An anthology of the very best Irish short stories selected by Sinad Gleeson author of Constellations. There have been many anthologies of the short story as it developed in Ireland but never a collection like this. The Art of the Glimpse is a radical revision of the canon of the Irish story uniting classic works with neglected writers and marginalised voices - women LGBT writers Traveller folk-tales neglected 19th-century authors and the first wave of new Irish writers from all over the world now making a life in Ireland. Sinad Gleeson brings together stories that range from the most sublime realism to the downright bizarre and transgressive some from established literary figures and some that have not yet been published in book form. The collection draws on a tremendous spectrum of experience: the story of a prank come good by Bram Stoker; Sally Rooney on the love languages of the new generation; Donal Ryan on the pains of ageing; Edna OBrien on the things we betray for love; James Joyce on a young woman torn between the familiar burdens and oppression of her home and the dangerous lure of romance and escape; and the internal monologue of a woman in a coma by Marian Keyes. Here too are vivid and less familiar stories by Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi Oein De Bharduin Blindboy Boatclub and Melatu Uche Okorie. Sinead Gleesons anthology is a marvellous representation of a rich literary tradition renewing itself in the 21st century. Contributing authors include: Samuel Beckett Sally Rooney Melatu Uche Okirie William Trevor Marian Keyes Kevin Barry Edna OBrien Claire-Louise Bennett Sheridan Le Fanu Danielle McLaughlin Mirtn Cathain Frances Molloy Blindboy Boatclub Elizabeth Bowen Frank OConnor Chiamaka Emyi-Amadi John McGahern Anne Enright Mike McCormack Maeve Brennan Oein de Bhairduin Eimear McBride Sen Faolin Cathy Sweeney.