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The Corpus in the Library: Stories and Novellas (Irish Literature Series) - Softcover

Maclochlainn, Alf

 
9781564780683: The Corpus in the Library: Stories and Novellas (Irish Literature Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1564780686 ISBN 13: 9781564780683
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this collection of two novellas and seven short stories, Alf MacLochlainn comically reduces life’s problems to the minute details of everyday existence. Socks, shoes, and trousers suggest perplexing difficulties: how best to put them on, the intricacies involved in keeping them on, the physical (as well as psychological) laws related to the interaction of body and clothing. All such speculations come to an absurd, crashing halt as the contemporary mind, filled with an overload of information, attempts but fails to make sense of some of the simplest, though of course complex, mundane facts of daily life. From Dublin to Central Illinois to Outer Space, MacLochlainn’s stories embody the imaginative spirit of Samuel Beckett and Flann O’Brien.

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Review

"Through sharp characterizations and personal insights, rather than literary allusions, Mac Lochlainn creates a story that is both moving and meditative." -- PW

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Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1564780686
ISBN 13 
9781564780683
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
151