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Ecstasy

by O Laighleis, Re
Barcode: 9780953277797
Price: €10.50
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Widely translated and winner of a Bisto Book of the Year award, a North American NAMLLA award, a European White Ravens award and an Oireachtas literary award, MÓINÍN is proud to present this edition of Ecstasy and other stories.

This acclaimed collection looks at the rise, the fall and the versatility of the human spirit, touching, as it does, on almost every aspect of human trial and existence. Though unflinchingly hard-hitting, it is utterly compelling and written with great insight and sensitivity. Ó Laighléis’ greatest gift is that he is a masterful storyteller.

This combination of style and tone provides a maturity which rarely characterises writing targeted mainly at a teenage readership It deserves the widest possible audience.
Robert Dunbar, The Irish Times

“Always there is an appropriate honed-down style that presents the narratives in crystal clear detail… Not just a book for teenagers, but for everyone who appreciates first-class writing.
Tony Hickey, Village

“Ó Laighléis is not one for the soft option. He deals unflinchingly with major social issues that affect all our lives and deals with them with profound insight and intelligence It is Ó Laighléis’ creative imagination that gives the collection its undeniable power. The economy of his prose allows for no authorial moralising.
Books Ireland

Ecstasy and other stories is brilliantly written and an eye-opener for us all as to what could happen if life takes that one wrong turn. Ré Ó Laighléis is a master of his craft.”
Geraldine Molloy, The Big Issues

“Ecstasy is evocative of the filmography of Ken Loach, and its minimalistic story-telling, with its sparse and essential style, constitutes an extraordinarily expressive force.”
Mondadori, Milan, Italy (publishers)

“The short stories of Ecstasy… take us, in the Irish context, into new thematic territories and, more importantly, pay their characters (and, by extension, their readers) the compliment of allowing them to live with the consequences of their own choices: complex circumstances are always seen to defy easy outcomes.”
Books, The Irish Times Weekend Supplement

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