The Pleasant Light of Day
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:25th Feb '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 *
- Short-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2010
ISBN: 9780141038094
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 1mm
Weight: 145g
272 pages