| #2277824 in Books | Dalkey Archive Press | 2002-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.06 x1.33 x5.55l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 470 pages | ||4 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| For students of Irish literature|By Midwest Book Review|Flotsam & Jetsam: Selected Fiction And Prose is an anthology of writings by award winning author Aidan Higgins, one of the most respected Irish writers of the century. In the style and tradition of great men such as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, Flotsam & Jetsam contains a varied, savory sampling of vibrant, expressive s|From Publishers Weekly|This collection of short fiction by one of Ireland's intransigent modernists follows, roughly, the chronological order in which the works were written. "Asylum," a novella from the early period, is an Anglo-Irish tale of a mad Englishman f
Considered to be one of the best Irish writers of the twentieth century, Aidan Higgins has earned a reputation throughout Europe as an unusual and astringent prose stylist. This omnibus of selected short fiction is the perfect introduction to the talents of this Irish successor to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett (although Higgins's work is perhaps more reminiscent of his Welsh contemporary Dylan Thomas), and displays Higgins's warmth of language and character. From a m...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Flotsam & Jetsam (Irish Literature Series) | Aidan Higgins.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
