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Re O Laighleis

Auteur van Gafa (Irish Edition)

21 Werken 119 Leden 5 Besprekingen

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Werken van Re O Laighleis

Gafa (Irish Edition) (1999) 39 exemplaren
Ecstasy agus scéalta eile (1994) 16 exemplaren
Terror on the Burren (1995) 12 exemplaren
Taistealai (1990) 10 exemplaren
Punk and Scealta Eile (1988) 8 exemplaren
Aistear intinne 4 exemplaren
Bolgchaint: Agus scealta eile (2004) 4 exemplaren
An Nollaig sa Naigín (2006) 3 exemplaren
Ciorcal Meiteamorfach 2 exemplaren
Chagrin (1999) 2 exemplaren
Goimh agus scéalta eile (2004) 2 exemplaren
Cluain Soineantachta (1998) 1 exemplaar
An Punk 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1953
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Ireland
Plaats van overlijden
Sallynoggin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

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The stories take place mostly in Ireland, and a few other places. Two boys, close friends, argue over the nomenclature of Northern Ireland, not knowing what they’re arguing about and using profanities handed down from adults. Then they make up. Wishful thinking. In the title story an overly bitter closeted publisher is given to cheating writers.

A man’s wife dies and he promptly ponders a pistol in a drawer. A woman who pledges two years of celibacy as a devotion to the Virgin Mary is terrorized by her husband for it. A retiring teacher ponders what she missed by not following her love to Canada years earlier. A boy gives his drunken bully of a father a taste of his own. A ridiculous doctor gets his comeuppance. Two women who had been lovers in college are reunited by the funeral of the husband of one - the riskiest story here.

The stories and their morals aren’t subtle and are often simplistic. The lessons are often telegraphed – or are just left sticking out there in plain sight. Sins are punished. Retribution administered. Morality fiction.
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Hagelstein | Jun 4, 2021 |
Modern, incentive and excellent adventure are ideal for these imaginative stories. Leighléisigh's reputation as a leader in dysfunction is recognized nationally and internationally. The fascinating scenario of this delicious collection is a challenging start-up of the end of the world - and it is constantly contradicting this cause that causes burials.
 
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JESGalway | Mar 1, 2018 |
If anyone is producing stories in Irish that are cool enough to attract the reader who in English is a Clive Barker/Stephen King fan, it’s Ré Ó Laighléis, a Dubliner, ex-teacher, and winner of several awards for his gutsy Irish fiction and shivery touch. . . . There certainly hasn't been anything quite like this written in Irish within the last couple of millennia.
- RTÉ Guide

A cinematographic novel providing a frightening insight into prehistoric tribalism in Ireland . . . one of the most unusual and atmospheric pieces written in the latter part of this century.… (meer)
 
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JESGalway | Feb 27, 2018 |
A summer job for Damien in a Paris hospice brings him into contact with the elusive Justine, who, like some of those allegedly under their care, is given to disappearing occasionally: the unexpected is the norm here!
 
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JESGalway | Feb 26, 2018 |

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Statistieken

Werken
21
Leden
119
Populariteit
#166,388
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
5
ISBNs
27
Talen
2

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