Wherever the deep reasons for the success of the short story in Ireland come from — the historical, sociological or aesthetical progression of the country — it is a well-known fact, together with the excellence of numerous of its followers, from Carleton to John McGahern, from George Moore to the inevitable Joyce…

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Ireland's entry in the common market? Civil War in the North? Need to rediscover a remote but so similar fellow, to change landscape and myths? There may be many reasons but the fact is France is more and more interested in its Celtic sister…

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