{"product_id":"the-best-of-frank-oconnor-isbn-9780307269041","title":"The Best of Frank O'Connor:Introduction by Julian Barnes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most generous one-volume collection ever published of short stories, autobiographical writings,poetry, and essays by the writer Yeats called “Ireland’s Chekhov.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected and arranged thematically by Julian Barnes, the rich mix of writings in \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Frank O’Connor \u003c\/i\u003estarts off with his most famous short story, “Guests of the Nation,” set during the Irish War of Independence; chronicles his childhood with an alcoholic father and protective mother; and traces his literary influences in brilliant essays on Joyce and Yeats. O’Connor’s wonderfully polyphonic tales of family, friendship, and rivalry are set beside those that bring to life forgotten souls on the fringes of society. O’Connor’s writings about Ireland vividly evoke the land he called home, while other stories probe the hardships and rewards of Irish emigration. Finally, we see O’Connor grappling, in both fiction and memoir, with the largest questions of religion and belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best of Frank O’Connor \u003c\/i\u003eis a literary monument to a truly great writer.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronology \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Editor \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. WAR\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eGuests of the Nation \u003cbr\u003eAttack \u003cbr\u003eJumbo’s Wife \u003cbr\u003eSeptember Dawn \u003cbr\u003eMachine-Gun Corps in Action \u003cbr\u003eLaughter \u003cbr\u003eSoirée Chez une Belle Jeune Fille \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eAn Only Child — The Fight for Freedom \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eThe Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — A Case of Hypnotism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. CHILDHOOD\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eMy Oedipus Complex \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eAn Only Child — Mother\u003cbr\u003eThe Genius \u003cbr\u003eFirst Confession\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eWriting a Story — One Man’s Way \u003cbr\u003eThe Study of History \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eAn Only Child — A Love of Heights \u003cbr\u003eThe Man of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eAn Only Child — The Bandsmen \u003cbr\u003eThe Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. WRITERS\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to \u003c\/i\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eJames Joyce: A Post-Mortem \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — George Russell and W. B. Yeats \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eLeinster, Munster and Connaught — Yeats \u003cbr\u003eCentenary Address at the Graveside of W. B. Yeats \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eLeinster, Munster and Connaught — The Tailor and Anstey \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. LONELY VOICES\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eThe Procession of Life \u003cbr\u003eThe Majesty of the Law \u003cbr\u003eAfter Fourteen Years \u003cbr\u003eMay Night \u003cbr\u003eThere is a Lone House\u003cbr\u003eUprooted \u003cbr\u003eThe Bridal Night \u003cbr\u003eA Bachelor’s Story \u003cbr\u003eLonely Rock \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. IRELAND\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eA Learned Mistress \u003cbr\u003eAdvice to Lovers \u003cbr\u003eI am Stretched on Your Grave\u003cbr\u003eA Word of Warning \u003cbr\u003eA Grey Eye Weeping \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — Yeats as Editor \u003cbr\u003eKilcash \u003cbr\u003eHope \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eIrish Miles — Father and Son \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eLeinster, Munster and Connaught — \u003cbr\u003e—Cork and Mental Age of Cities \u003cbr\u003e—Cork \u003cbr\u003e—Sligo \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eThe Backward Look \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eHoliday Magazine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. BETTER QUARRELLING\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — First Fiction \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eThe Saint and Mary Kate \u003cbr\u003eThe Luceys \u003cbr\u003ePeasants \u003cbr\u003eFish for Friday \u003cbr\u003eOld-Age Pensioners \u003cbr\u003eA Thing of Nothing \u003cbr\u003eNews for the Church \u003cbr\u003eThe Mad Lomasneys \u003cbr\u003eIn the Train\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. ABROAD\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eThe Babes in the Wood \u003cbr\u003eThe Paragon \u003cbr\u003eDarcy in the Land of Youth \u003cbr\u003eThe American Wife \u003cbr\u003eA Story by Maupassant \u003cbr\u003eThe Conversion\u003cbr\u003eThe Late Henry Conran \u003cbr\u003eMichael’s Wife \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — The American Liner \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. LAST THINGS\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eLeinster, Munster and Connaught — Monastery \u003cbr\u003eSong without Words \u003cbr\u003e‘The Star that Bids the Shepherd Fold’ \u003cbr\u003eThe Frying-Pan\u003cbr\u003eThis Mortal Coil \u003cbr\u003eThe Wreath \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eAn Only Child — Grandmother \u003cbr\u003eThe Long Road to Ummera \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eMy Father’s Son — Tim Trayner\u003cbr\u003eThe Mass Island | \u003cb\u003eFrank O’Connor \u003c\/b\u003e(1903–1966) was born in Cork, Ireland. The author of plays, stories, criticism, and poetry, he was also a director of the legendary Abbey Theatre in Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Barnes \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in England in 1946. 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