{"product_id":"collected-stories-bernard-maclaverty-h-b","title":"Bernard Maclaverty: Collected Stories [2013] hardback","description":"Since the publication of Secrets and Other Stories in 1977, Bernard MacLaverty has been celebrated as one of the finest living short-story writers. Writing in the New York Times, William Boyd summoned the shades of Yeats, Joyce and Flann O'Brien, insisting that `MacLaverty sits perfectly comfortably' in their company. The Guardian simply said `MacLaverty is a master.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too - private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. A writer of great compassion, insight and humanity, MacLaverty surprises us time and again with the sensitivity of his ear, the accuracy of his eye. Each of these extraordinary stories - with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom - gets to the very heart of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Collected Short Stories includes most of Secrets, A Time to Dance, The Great Profundo, Walking the Dog and Matters of Life \u0026amp; Death.","brand":"Maclaverty, Bernard","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42321569448121,"sku":"9780224097802","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/maclaverty-bernard-bernard-maclaverty-collected-stories-2013-hardback-9780224097802-58500886954323.jpg?v=1727672179","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/collected-stories-bernard-maclaverty-h-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}