Brian Friel

Praise for Stories of Ireland

A solid gold treat from top to tail. A tremendous set of stories by the great Irish playwright

John Self, The Observer

There is a touch of spring about this collection and I find myself curiously helpless in front of them. The funny stories are a complete joy. The serious stories are concerned with the subtlest nuances of human e ...

The Irish Times

Some of the best stories ever written. They are everything short stories should be – deft, skilfully written, funny and quite often breathlessly sad

Edna O’Brien

A solid gold treat from top to tail. A tremendous set of stories by the great Irish playwright

John Self, The Observer

There is a touch of spring about this collection and I find myself curiously helpless in front of them. The funny stories are a complete joy. The serious stories are concerned with the subtlest nuances of human e ...

The Irish Times

Some of the best stories ever written. They are everything short stories should be – deft, skilfully written, funny and quite often breathlessly sad

Edna O’Brien

A solid gold treat from top to tail. A tremendous set of stories by the great Irish playwright

John Self, The Observer

There is a touch of spring about this collection and I find myself curiously helpless in front of them. The funny stories are a complete joy. The serious stories are concerned with the subtlest nuances of human e ...

The Irish Times

Some of the best stories ever written. They are everything short stories should be – deft, skilfully written, funny and quite often breathlessly sad

Edna O’Brien