Beers & Books CCCVIII – Whispered into the Wind

Whispered into the Wind

Guðmundur Andri Thorsson * 31 December 1957

Beers & Books CCCVII – O'Faolain: The Short Story

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Sean O'Faolain (27 February 1900 – 20 April 1991)

Beers & Books CCCV– Coffeehouse Stories

Coffeehouse Stories

Jusuf Naoum *25 February 1941

Beers & Books CCCIV –The Automobile Club of Egypt

The Automobile Club of Egypt

Alaa Al Aswany *26 May 1957

Beers & Book CCCIII – A Personal Matter

A Personal Matter

Kenzaburo Oe (21 January 1935 – 3 March 2023)

Beers & Books CCCII – Wings Noise

Wings noise

 

Beers & Books CCCI – The Girl from the Casbah

The Girl from the Casbah, 1996

Leila Marouane *1960

Beers & Books CCXCIX– The Seven Veils of Seth

The Seven Veils of Seth

Ibrahim al-Koni *1948

Beers & Books CCXCIII – James Leslie Mitchell

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Lewis Grassic Gibbon* (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935)

* pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell

Beers & Books CCXCII– Sunset Song

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Lewis Grassic Gibbon* (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935)

* pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell

Beers & Books CCLXXXIX – The Road to Brightcity

Nine stories, translated by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc,
in 1981 made accessible for the first time
to an English speaking readership
exquisite masterpieces of Ó Cadhain's writings.

 

Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970) 

Beers & Books CCLXXXVIII – An Eochair / The Key

A mixture of kafka-esque satire, farce, black comedy and tragedy.

Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)

Beers & Books CCLXXXVII – Die Asche des Tages

I'd suggest: The Ash of the Day

Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)

 

Beers & Books CCLXXXVI – Diary of a Bookseller

Thursday, 24 April
An elderly customer told me
that her book club's next book was Dracula,
but she could not remember what he'd written.

 

Beers & Books – The Fable of the Bees

The Fable of the Bees

Bernard de Mandeville (15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733)

Beers & Books CXXXVIII – Flann O'Brien

When health is bad and your heart feels strange,
And your face is pale and wan,
When doctors say that you need a change,
A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

Flann O'Brien (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966)

Beers & Books CXXXI – Frank O'Connor

"No man is ever as anti-feminist
as a really feminine woman."

Frank O'Connor (17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966)

Beers & Books CXXII – Generation AK (or Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)

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Generation AK / Steidl

Stephen Dupont *1967

Stephen Dupont: Generation AK

Beers & Books XC – Orhan Pamuk

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman,
even the greatest talent is wasted.

Orhan Pamuk *7 June 1952

Beers & Books LXIII – Seán O'Casey

The hallway of every man's life
is paced with pictures;
pictures gay and pictures gloomy,
all useful,
for if we be wise,
we can learn from them
a richer and braver way to live.

Seán O'Casey (30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964)