{"product_id":"9781843519560-mint-other-stories","title":"Mint \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new short story collection, Adrian Kenny crafts classic Irish short stories poised and carefully observed through vignettes of the lives that compose modern Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkilled portraits in miniature set in Dublin and London: masterful character sketches by one of Ireland’s most observant writers. Although these are separate stories, they form chapters in a man’s life. He knows the characters ‒ in Dublin, the West of Ireland, London, provincial England‒ and they know him. His descriptions are intimate, sympathetic but their lives are sharply drawn. A young Muslim woman moves to a Dublin Street; a married man meets a married woman to make up for a failed night of their youth; a London woman keeps a window open to remind herself that suicide is available. Through each story the overarching narrator also becomes clearer: we see the tension between who he is and the pull of what might have been. As conclusions bring opposites together, in this book, Time is the great character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are timeless, classic Irish short stories in the vein of William Trevor and Brian Friel, poised and carefully observed vignettes of the lives that compose modern Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203850744182,"sku":"9781843519560","price":14.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36043687_e4317514-a5cc-488e-96ab-b8867c98d3d6.jpg?v=1757580451","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781843519560-mint-other-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}