There Are Little Kingdoms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555976521)

From the author of City of Bohane, a debut collection that "could easily have been titled 'These Are Little Masterpieces'" (The Irish Times)

This award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry summons all the laughter, darkness, and intensity of contemporary Irish life. A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town. Lonesome hill walkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity--and a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity, form a remarkably sure-footed collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners. The winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a 2007 book of the year in The Irish Times, the Sunday Tribune, and Metro, There Are Little Kingdoms marks the stunning entrance of a writer who burst onto the literary scene fully formed.

Author: Kevin Barry
ISBN-10: 1555976522
ISBN-13: 9781555976521
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2013
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.59w x 0.48d