Collected Stories
Author(s): Bernard MacLaverty
Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too - private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories - with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom - gets to the very heart of life.
General Information
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage Classics
- : 0.472
- : 01 October 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm X 33mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2014
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Bernard MacLaverty
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 640
More About The Product
'Characters all but leap off the page with believability in these marvellous stories of life (and death) in Belfast' The Sunday Times
Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast in 1942. He worked as a lab technician in the anatomy department at Queen's University for 10 years before studying English and training as a teacher. In 1975 he went to live in Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and their four children. MacLaverty has published five collections of short stories - Secrets, A Time to Dance, The Great Profondo, Walking the Dog and Matters of Life & Death - and four novels: Lamb, Cal, The Anatomy School and Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. He has written for radio, television and screen. His short film Bye Child won a BAFTA. He lives in Glasgow.