{"product_id":"the-irish-short-story-at-madalina-armie-9781032308241","title":"The Irish Short Story at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: Tradition, Society and Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the European Society for the Study of English Book Award 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, Ireland was experiencing the \"best of times\". The Celtic Tiger seemed to instil in the national consciousness that poverty was a problem of the past. The impressive economic performance ensured that the Republic occupied one of the top positions among the world's economic powers. During the boom, dissident voices continuously criticised what they considered to be a mirage, identifying the precariousness of its structures and foretelling its eventual crash. The 2008 recession proved them right. Throughout this time, the Irish contemporary short story expressed distrust. Enabled by its capacity to reflect change with immediacy and dexterity, the short story saw through the smokescreen created by the Celtic Tiger discourse of well-being. It reinterpreted and captured the worst and the best of the country and became a bridge connecting tradition and modernity. The major objective of this book is to analyse the interactions between fiction and reality during this period in Ireland by studying the short stories written by old and emergent voices published between the birth of the Celtic Tiger in 1995 up to its immediate aftermath in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madalina Armie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032308249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032308241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Madalina Armie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087505404159,"sku":"9781032308241","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9989cdbb-06fb-426c-9fe1-82c9b784cade.jpg?v=1769100446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-irish-short-story-at-madalina-armie-9781032308241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}