false 10 175 101 true 5852653 read 3 true 802228 currently-reading 71 true 802227 to-read 7 false 873324 onhold 3 false 802237 historical 3 false 802244 diaspora 0 false 4831122 irish http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46081754 to: The Sea (Paperback) by John Banville
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I dunno. I think I'm going to struggle a bit with the author's writing style in this context. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58394196 to: The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing (Paperback) by John Daly
This is a really wonderful sampler of contemporary Irish writing. Some stories and writers I enjoyed more than others, as expected, but it was really great to carry this book around for a month, and just open to a random story and read.

I'd have liked to know what year each of the stories was written or published, as I've read other works by several of the authors, and I like to see the progression of their style.

Favorite story? I predicted it would be Joseph O'Connor's "The Long Way Home" (He's my favorite writer. Period.), but it turned out to be Colum McCann's "Cathal's Lake". ]]>