Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Second Blackstaff Book of Short Stories
Author: The Blackstaff Book of Short Stories
Author: Blackstaff
Author: Steven E. SchendPublisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 0786964200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Khelben Arunsun, Chosen of Mystra, Archmage of Waterdeep, is as close to a demigod as you're likely to meet on the streets of Faerûn's mightiest city. But when the skies rain lightning and a long-forgotten city arises from the earth, he can seem like just another wizard.
Ireland's Women
Author: Katie DonovanPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The women who appear in these pages are both well-known and unknown, real and invented. They include, for instance, the fiery Elizabeth Fitzgerald who defended her castle so successfully, and Granuaile, the pirate queen from Galway.
British and Irish Short-fiction Writers, 1945-2000
Author: Cheryl Alexander MalcolmPublisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Essays on British and Irish authors of short stories written between 1945 and 2000 that are traditional in subject matter and technique, and cover social, political and economic changes that occurred during this time. The Irish contribution to short fiction in English is second to none. Short fiction in languages other than English also plays a significant role in the postwar British and Irish literary world, including the use of the working-class Scottish dialect.
Irish Women Writers Speak Out
Author: Caitriona MoloneyPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815629719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Bringing together the diverse and marvelously articulate voices of women of Irish and Irish-American descent, editors Caitriona Moloney and Helen Thompson examine the complicated maps of experience that the women's public, private, and literary lives represent—particularly as they engage in both feminism and postcolonialism. Acknowledging Mary Robinson's revised view of Irish identity—now global rather than local—this work recognizes the importance of identity as a site of mobility. The pieces reveal how complex the terms "feminism" and "postcolonialism" are; they examine how the individual writers see their identities constructed and/or mediated by sexuality. In addition, the book traces common themes of female agency, violence, generational conflicts, migration, emigration, religion, and politics to name a few. As it represents the next wave of Irish women writers, this book offers fresh insight into the work of emerging and established authors and will appeal to a new generation of readers.
The Fallen & Other Stories
Author: John MacKennaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"The bitter grieving of a modern-day Magdalene; the senseless, arbitrary death of a small boy; an otherwise decent rural community incited to sectarian violence by a bigoted priest; the slow blossoming of passionate tenderness between a man and a woman at a time of brutal war - human emotion at its most basic and elemental is the subject of this distinguished new collection of short stories and novellas." "Strongly plotted, starkly and beautifully written, they are an extraordinary blend of relentless honesty and profound compassion; with their publication, John MacKenna has moved into the front rank of today's Irish fiction writers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
A World Full of Places and Other Stories
Author: Michael CarragherPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Thirteen stories on the Irish on both sides of the Atlantic. They range from The Stump and the Sapling, on the romance and reality of war, to Strange Sound from a Far-Off Land, on an Irish-American whose senses warn him of his father's death.
Blackstaff Tower
Author: Steven E. SchendPublisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 0786956135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
A young group of friends must navigate conspiracy and sorcery in one of the most legendary cities of the Forgotten Realms—Waterdeep When the newest Blackstaff—a powerful wizard who defends the city of Waterdeep—is captured as part of an evil ploy for power, a motley crew of accomplices must band together to restore the Blackstaff to power and save the city. Laraelra, Meloon, Renaer and other legendary heroes of the Forgotten Realms form an unlikely team, rising above their humble origins to complete an epic quest through the City of Splendors. Together, they fight side by side in the race to reach Blackstaff Tower before the forces of evil can claim it as their own. Blackstaff Tower is the first book in a series of standalone novels set in Waterdeep.
Freak Nights and Other Stories
Author: Ciarán FolanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Displaying an uncanny ear for the way we speak, and for what we often fail to say, Folan's fiction probes the darker undercurrents within relationships and family life. Stories set in Dublin, the Midlands, Italy and Spain, are of late-night revelatio