November 18th, 2009
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Davy Byrnes Stories is a collection of the six prize-winning stories from the 2009 Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award, as selected by Richard Ford.
Published by The Stinging Fly Press.
Paperback €9.99 |
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To my American ear, narrators and characters in these stories seemed to enjoy expressing themselves, seemed to like the feel of words in their virtual mouths, seemed to think that important life was largely lived in language-in what we say to each other, about each other, remember of each other, in how we love, detest, ignore, demean and relish.
- Richard Ford, Judge’s report
Available in all good bookstores and in Davy Byrnes pub. Also sold online - click the cover above.
Richard Ford’s citations on all the selected stories, and author bios are here.
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