Description
Padraic O Conaire is recognized as the father figure of the modern Irish short story. Selected from a variety of previous collections and first published in Irish in 1956, Scothscealta went on to inspire generations of Irish people who have held a special place in their hearts for this fearless writer who created local yet universal stories of timeless feeling. Available for the first time in English, Best Stories / Scothscealta, brings the creative world of the West of Ireland’s most loved scribe to English readers for the first time.