{"product_id":"9780571295319","title":"Tales From Bective Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Mary Lavin's stories... are subtle without making a palaver about it, beautifully told, no pat endings, no slickness; and as in life, nothing is resolved.' William Trevor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1943, \u003ci\u003eTales from Bective Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of ten stories that memorably depict the rural mid-lands of Ireland and their people. Mary Lavin, though American-born, grew up in Athenry; and though the Irish short story was a dauntingly well-established form she succeeded in reinventing it with this, her debut collection, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, which exhibits a Chekhovian gift for the meaning of small things, contrary behaviours and emotions. This 2012 edition, reissued for the centenary of Mary Lavin's birth, includes an introduction by Evelyn Conlon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'One of modern Irish fiction's most subversive voices... [Lavin's] art explored often brutal tensions, disappointments and frustrations dictating the relationships within so-called 'normal' families.' Eileen Battersby, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103481676016,"sku":"9780571295319","price":16.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571295319_p0.jpg?v=1763719007","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571295319","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}