A happy couple in Northern Ireland struggles with the appearance of the woman's secret child in this novel by one of Ireland's most respected writers. ""Though her characters never indulge in those long, strangely articulate outbursts meant to telegraph an author's meaning, her marriage tale displays an understated fervor that deserves attention."" -Kirkus Reviews ""Bardwell portrays a marriage under the inevitable strain of old secrets coming to light."" -Irish Echo

Mother to a Stranger

Literature & Fiction

Leland Bardwell

Literary

Blackstaff Pr

A World War II veteran returns home to Ireland because his estranged Protestant father is dying. He struggles with his place in the world when he falls for the Catholic housekeeper.

The House

Genre Fiction

Bardwell's keen-eyed, unflinching short stories, were originally published in 1987, and deal with a range of topics of considerable relevance to readers in our own difficult times. As fresh and relevant as when they first appeared, these stories, like Bardwell's poetry, record what Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin has called "the shocks of our time, the private impacts and the historic changes." Leland Bardwell is one of the senior figures of Irish writing: a novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer whose fiction has appeared on bestseller lists abroad and is accorded classic status at home.

Different Kinds of Love

Attic Press

<p>Dilligence Strong records her return to her birthplace, a rundown borderland farm in Northern Ireland. There she attempts to work the land despite the dourness of her brother Reynold. She becomes involved with a dispossessed young woman called Cathy and relives memories of her 'good and beautiful' sister Constance. 'Most economical and compelling.' The Sunday Tribune'Leland Bard well maintains a constantly distinguished style and a wonderful ear for dialogue.' The Women's Review of Books'The work of a writer of real authority... pared, allusive and resonant.' New Statesman and Society</p>

There we have been

The fly and the bedbug

Poetry

Beaver Row Press

Dostoevsky's Grave: New & Selected Poems

The Dedalius Press

Das Haus

Parthas Verlag

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