The Pleasant Light of Day by Philip Ó Ceallaigh
These new stories by the acclaimed author of Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse are at once visionary, hilarious and piercingly observant. Whether he is imagining a father and son walking the streets of Cairo or concocting a hilarious parody of a certain wildly popular inspirational author from Brazil, Philip Ó Ceallaigh is a writer who demands to be read.
An artist of extraordinary gifts.. already touched by greatness ... Of the dozen stories here, perhaps ten are so perfectly achieved and exhilaratingly confident that you feel Ó Ceallaigh is developing a form all his own -- Joseph O'Connor * Guardian *
It's a long time since I have read a collection of stories so absolutely pleasing on every level ... Every story makes you feel that you're in the presence of a powerful, questioning intelligence * Independent *
Ó Ceallaigh's command rarely falters ... a sharply funny collection * Sunday Times *
It's a long time since I have read a collection of stories so absolutely pleasing on every level ... Every story makes you feel that you're in the presence of a powerful, questioning intelligence * Independent *
Ó Ceallaigh's command rarely falters ... a sharply funny collection * Sunday Times *
Philip Ó Ceallaigh, a native of County Waterford, currently lives in Bucharest. His first collection of stories, Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse, won the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for fiction and was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Philip won the Rooney Prize, which is awarded annually to an Irish writer under forty, in 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141038094 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141038098 |
| Title | The Pleasant Light of Day |
| Author | Philip Ó Ceallaigh |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2010 |
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