In a cafe : selected stories / Mary Lavin ; edited by Elizabeth Walsh Peavoy ; foreword by Thomas Kilroy.
By: Lavin, Mary [author]
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Contributor(s): Peavoy, Elizabeth Walsh | Kilroy, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1999Description: xvi, 312 p.ISBN: 0141180404.Subject(s): Short storiesDDC classification: 823.912 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 823.912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085577 |
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| 823.912 Frank O' Connor collected stories / | 823.912 Selected stories / | 823.912 Dubliners ; A portrait of the artist as a young man ; Chamber music / | 823.912 In a cafe : selected stories / | 823.912 Occasional, critical and political writing / | 823.912 The Silmarillion / | 823.912 To the lighthouse / |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Before her death in 1996, this Irish writer had received many honours and prizes for both her short stories and her novels. William Trevor has praised Lavin's ability to "make moments timeless, to illuminate people and places, words and things, by touching them with the magic of the rarely-gifted storyteller." Compiled by her daughter, In a CafÉ presents some of Lavin's most beloved pieces. In masterworks such as the title story, an unsettling portrayal of widowhood, and "The Will," which Lavin considered the finest expression of her art, we recognize Trevor's declaration that "the short story of today owes her a very great debt."
In the Middle of the Fields -- A Family Likeness -- Lemonade -- Tom -- The Girders -- A Cup of Tea -- A Gentle Soul -- Chamois Gloves -- The Joy-ride -- The Convert -- In a Cafe -- A Story with a Pattern -- The Widow's Son -- The Will -- The Little Prince -- Trastevere.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. ix)
- Preamble (p. xiii)
- In the Middle of the Fields (p. 1)
- A Family Likeness (p. 18)
- Lemonade (p. 29)
- Tom (p. 59)
- The Girders (p. 77)
- A Cup of Tea (p. 84)
- A Gentle Soul (p. 99)
- Chamois Gloves (p. 118)
- The Joy-Ride (p. 133)
- The Convert (p. 172)
- In a Cafe (p. 185)
- A Story with a Pattern (p. 203)
- The Widow's Son (p. 227)
- The Will (p. 239)
- The Little Prince (p. 254)
- Trastevere (p. 294)