02940cam a2200325 4500 531269780 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062856616 0062856618 B07V9X3Z5V Amazon 973d11c3-6ef1-4b2f-8fc7-8ed1f4af8ea9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4847854 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib O'Callaghan, Billy. The Boatman and Other Stories [Libby eBook]. Harper Perennial, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1232kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><strong>"I know of no writer on either side of the Atlantic who is better at exploring the human spirit under assault than Billy O'Callaghan."—Robert Olen Butler</strong></p> <p><strong>The prizewinning Irish short-story writer and author of the highly praised novel, My Coney Island Baby, delivers his most accomplished book of short fiction to date—a poignant story collection that "grips from the opening page" (Bernard MacLaverty).</strong></p> <p>These are twelve poignant, quietly dazzling, and carefully crafted stories that explore the resiliency of the human heart and its ability to keep beating in the wake of bereavement, violence, lost love, and incomparable trauma and grief.</p>Spanning a century and two continents, from the muddy fields of Ireland to a hotel room in Paris, a dingy bar in Segovia to an airplane bound for Taipei, The Boatman and Other Stories follows an unforgettable cast of characters. Three gunshots on the Irish border define the course of a young man's life; a writer clings fast to a star-crossed affair with a woman who has never been fully within his reach; a fisherman accustomed to hard labor rolls up his sleeves to dig a grave for his child; and a pair of newlyweds embark on their first adventure, living wild on the deserted Beginish Island.<br /> <p>Ranging from the elegiac to the brutally confrontational, these densely layered tales reveal the quiet heroism and gentle dignity of ordinary life. Billy O'Callaghan is a master celebrant of the smallness of the human flame against the dark: its strength and its steady brightness.</p>. Short Stories. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=973d11c3-6ef1-4b2f-8fc7-8ed1f4af8ea9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=973d11c3-6ef1-4b2f-8fc7-8ed1f4af8ea9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=973d11c3-6ef1-4b2f-8fc7-8ed1f4af8ea9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)