The Lonely Voice (Special Anthology Edition)

O?Connor, Frank

Published by Bantam Books Inc., 1968

THE LONELY VOICE, A STUDY OF THE SHORT STORY by Frank O?Connor, with 19 Short Stories by James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, Isaac Babel, and Others, softcover, first edition thus, 1968. ITEM CONDITION: fair. The text block is in very good condition with no marks, or tears and one unfolded dogear. No bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. Pages are age-toned. Edges are somewhat soiled. The wraps are in fair condition (spots, creases, pencil drawing, worn corners, worn spine). 7 x 4, 429 pages, 12 ounces XX [From the back cover] A special anthology edition of the Indispensable study for readers and writers of the short story. When THE LONELY VOICE was first published, The Atlantic Monthly commented that for the charm of its writing and for depth of insight; it deserves to be set beside E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel. Now nineteen stories have been added to Frank O'Connor's already-classic study, making this new edition a definitive introduction to the theory and practice of the short-story writer's art. Here are illuminating and provocative discussions of Chekhov, 'Maupassant, Turgenev, Kipling, Joyce, Mansfield, D. H. Lawrence, A. E. Coppard, Hemingway, and others - each essay filled with critical perceptions which could come only from a master of the craft. And here are the stories themselves singled out by O'Connor as the most distinguished examples of the challenges and opportunities of this unique literary form. XX [Bing] Frank O'Connor was an Irish author and translator, born as Michael Francis O'Donovan on September 17, 1903 in Cork, Ireland. He wrote over 150 works, including poetry, dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction (novels and short stories), biography, and travel books. He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. O'Connor's early life was marked by his father's alcoholism, debt, and ill-treatment of his mother. His childhood was strongly shaped by his mother, who supplied much of the family's income by cleaning houses, his father being unable to keep steady employment due to alcoholism. O'Connor adored his mother and was bitterly resentful of his father. In his memoirs, he recalled his childhood as those terrible years, and admitted that he had never been able to forgive his father for his abuse of himself and his mother. O'Connor joined the First Brigade of the Irish Republican Army in 1918 and served in combat during the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and joined the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, working in a small propaganda unit in Cork City. He was one of twelve thousand Anti-Treaty combatants who were interned by the government of the new Irish Free State. In February 1923, O'Connor was imprisoned in Cork City Gaol and in April moved to Gormanston, County Meath where he was held until just before Christmas. Seller Inventory # 002565

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lonely Voice (Special Anthology Edition)
Publisher: Bantam Books Inc.
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket