The Genius
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- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
The Genius
Known as Ireland’s Chekhov, Frank O’Connor was a master of the modern short story, with an eye for capturing the spaces between our selves and our surroundings.
The Genius brings together some of his very best stories, often told from the perspective of young children and forming a revealing portrait of coming of age in postwar Ireland. Humorous and poignant in equal parts, these stories are a lesson in craft from a celebrated, prolific author.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241746998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024174699X |
| Author: | Frank O'Connor |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 91g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 110mm x 180mm |
| Series: | Penguin Archive |
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Frank O'Connor
Frank O’Connor was the pseudonym of Michael O’Donovan, born in Cork in 1903. Largely self-educated, he began preparing a collected edition of his works at age twelve and later worked as a librarian, translator, and journalist. He learned Irish at a young age and immersed himself in Gaelic poetry, music, and legend. While interned by the Free State Government, he learned several languages. Upon his release, he wrote a prize-winning study of Turgenev in Irish.
‘A.E.’ began publishing his poems, stories, and translations in the Irish Statesman. A local clergyman, upon seeing him produce plays by Ibsen and Chekhov in Cork, remarked, “Mike the moke would go down to posterity at the head of the pagan Dublin muses.”
Frank O’Connor lived in Dublin and had an American wife, two sons, and two daughters. His first book, Guests of the Nation, was published in 1931. He went on to publish over thirty volumes, largely short stories, in addition to plays. Frank O’Connor died in 1966.
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