Walking the Dog: And Other Stories - Hardcover

MacLaverty, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393037584 ISBN 13: 9780393037586

Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Edition; First edition and first printing. Physical description; 198 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; On the art of the short story -- Walking the dog -- The voyeur -- The grandmaster -- The fountain pen shop woman -- A silent retreat -- Looking out the window, 1 -- At the beach -- By train -- The wake house -- A visit to Norway -- In bed -- This fella I knew -- A foreign dignitary -- O'Donnell v. Your Man -- compensations -- St Mungo's mansion -- Just visiting -- Looking out the window, 2.Summary; A collection from an Irish writer. In the title story a man is kidnapped by the IRA while walking his dog, in Silent Retreat, a Catholic schoolboy has a theological debate with a Protestant jail guard, and The Grandmaster is on a chess game in Spain which turns into a catalyst for grief and redemption. Subjects; Short stories.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0393037584
• ISBN 13: 9780393037586
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1