Matters of Life and Death: Stories by Bernard MacLaverty (English) Paperback Boo

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"MacLaverty's tales are poised and beautifully balanced, outward yet intimate, graced by both subtlety and substance."—The Independent

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A new book from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration, but Matters of Life and Death is more than that. It is the finest collection yet from a contemporary master of the form.Beginning with the sudden terror of a family caught up in shocking sectarian violence, and ending with the whiteout of an Iowa blizzard and the fear of losing your way very far from home, this collection is about bonds made and broken, secret and known. In the extraordinary story "Up the Coast," a landscape painter discovers a place that makes her, finally, feel whole, only to have that communion shattered by an arbitrary act of aggression that will resonate throughout her life.Written with effortless skill and empathy, these stories are hauntingly real. MacLaverty's perfect attention to every detail, every nuance of idiom and character, remakes the world for us here on the page.

Author Biography

Bernard MacLaverty is the author of five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Born in Ireland, he now lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

Review

" These are stories in the easiest and most pleasurable sense of the word. MacLaverty's work is in a line from Chekhov, via Frank O' Connor." - "Guardian" " A masterly control of pace and structure, pitch-perfect capturing of voice, characterization that has spot-on credibility." - "Sunday Times" " This stupendous new book . . . crucial, shattering sentences that express modestly, monumentally the achievement of this extraordinary writer. He is behind your eyes before you feel his thinking knife." - "Scottish Review of Books""These are stories in the easiest and most pleasurable sense of the word. MacLaverty's work is in a line from Chekhov, via Frank O'Connor."-"Guardian" "A masterly control of pace and structure, pitch-perfect capturing of voice, characterization that has spot-on credibility."-"Sunday Times" "This stupendous new book . . . crucial, shattering sentences that express modestly, monumentally the achievement of this extraordinary writer. He is behind your eyes before you feel his thinking knife."-"Scottish Review of Books"

Details ISBN0393344878 Author Bernard MacLaverty Short Title MATTERS OF LIFE & DEATH Pages 242 Language English ISBN-10 0393344878 ISBN-13 9780393344875 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-09-17 Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York AU Release Date 2006-09-17 NZ Release Date 2006-09-17 US Release Date 2006-09-17 UK Release Date 2006-09-17 Publisher WW Norton & Co Subtitle Stories Alternative 9780393057164 Audience General We've got this

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