Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"The first meaning of 'the state of Ireland' is that it's a place where stories are still told, deliciously and by masters of the art, of whom Benedict Kiely is one, perhaps the foremost."--Guy Davenport, New York Times Book Review
This treasure chest of a book, containing the complete short stories and novellas by Benedict Kiely's, one of the great prose stylists of our time. This edition contains a new introduction by the author, as well as his afterword to the novella, Proxopera.