A Slanting of the Sun: Stories, by Donal Ryan
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A Slanting of the Sun: Stories, by Donal Ryan
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Donal Ryan's short stories pick up where his acclaimed novels The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December left off, dealing with dramas set in motion by loneliness and displacement and revealing stories of passion and desire where less astute observers might fail to detect the humanity that roils beneath the surface. Sometimes these dramas are found in ordinary, mundane situations; sometimes they are triggered by a fateful encounter or a tragic decision. At the heart of these stories, crucially, is how people are drawn to each other and cling to love when and where it can be found. In a number of the these stories, emotional bonds are forged by traumatic events caused by one of the characters - between an old man and the frightened young burglar left to guard him while his brother is beaten; between another young man and the mother of a girl whose death he caused when he crashed his car; between a lonely middle-aged shopkeeper and her assistant. Disconnection and new discoveries pervade stories involving emigration (an Irish priest in war-torn Syria) or immigration (an African refugee in Ireland). Some of the stories are set in the same small town in rural Ireland as the novels, with names that will be familiar to Ryan's readers.In haunting prose, Donal Ryan has captured the brutal beauty of the human heart in all its failings, hopes and quiet triumphs.
A Slanting of the Sun: Stories, by Donal Ryan- Amazon Sales Rank: #266380 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-29
- Released on: 2015-09-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.18" h x .57" w x 5.51" l, .81 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Review Winner of the 2015 European Prize for LiteratureAn October 2015 Indie Next Selection"Donal Ryan is among the great contemporary chroniclers of grief, loss and bewilderment." — The Independent"Donal Ryan is a master of the magnetic first line. . . His faithful subject is rural despair; the poetry of adversity, the baffling fortitude of intrinsically decent people. . . Each unit of language has been scrupulously positioned, though the overall effect is of effortlessness. . . This collection shows Ryan adding his own elastic yet distinctive voice to [Irish writer Frank] O’Connor’s impeccable tradition." — The Guardian"A Slanting of the Sun confirms that Donal Ryan is, without doubt, of the most exciting voices in contemporary Irish fiction." — JP O'Malley in The Sunday Independent"When Donal Ryan mixes equal parts terror and wistful the results can be mesmerising... Donal Ryan proves himself yet again to be one of the most imaginatively daring writers at work in English today." — RTÉ Ten"Donal Ryan is a heartbreaker, his quicksilver prose laced with all the wistful rhythms of his Irish forefathers. These breathtaking stories explore human love against an uneasy landscape of violence and desperation." – Imogen Lycett-Green in The Daily Mail“As in [Donal Ryan’s] novels, the calibrations of small-town life are forensically observed . . . Ryan’s skill with language flicks out slang and abuse with a masterly touch . . . his ear is sharply attuned and his sense of irony remains mordant.” – Roy Foster in the Irish Times"One of [Ireland's] most remarkable writers has produced a book of short stories of such visceral power that they hit you in the solar plexus." — Irish Mail on Sunday"Ryan is already such a master of the short form that even when you dread the outcome, you can't stop reading." — The Irish Independent"[C]rystal clear sparkling prose tells heartbreaking tales of loneliness, isolation and displacement." — The Irish Post"A Slanting of the Sun is bursting with ideas. It reveals a limitless capacity for hope and a writer unlikely to run out of inspiring material." — The Sunday TimesTHE THING ABOUT DECEMBER: "Stunning." -- Booklist (Starred Review)"The writing in this novel is simply amazing . . . [it] will at times make readers cry and at others, laugh in delighted recognition." -- Library Journal (Starred Review)THE SPINNING HEART:"Reminiscent of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying . . . Ryan writes with compassion, honesty and an appealing deadpan humor." -- The New York Times Book ReviewA "startling debut." -- Library Journal (Starred Review)"Disturbing and unnerving but ultimately beautiful." -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)A "short, swift, brutally funny romp through the fallout of a national disaster." -- The Boston Globe
About the Author
Donal Ryan, from Nenagh in County Tipperary, is a recipient of the 2015 European Union Prize for Literature. His first novel, The Spinning Heart, was published to major acclaim. It won the Guardian First Book Award and the Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards; it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize. His second novel, The Thing About December, was a finalist for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Donal lives with his wife Anne Marie and their two children just outside Limerick City.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A powerful collection, which should be savoured By bleachhouselibrary A collection of twenty short stories, from one of Ireland's most loved authors, this is Donal Ryan's third published title. The consecutive successes of The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December were the stuff of dreams. Originally rejected, many times, the author's novels were discovered by an intern in a small publishing house and went on to capture the nations heart and imagination, while riding high on the bestseller list for most of 2014. Ryan's lyrical prose and study of a rural Irish community, recovering from economic downturn, showed how the literary form can thrill a reader as much as any contemporary fiction. The author's talent at showing beauty in the everyday, mundane lives of individuals shone from the pages of his books and introduced a bright new voice to the already established, yet unofficial, Canon of Irish literature.Understandably, there was a fear that this collection may not be as powerful or have the same originality of his earlier work. The fear is unfounded. This is a book of delight. Warm yet sharp, devastating yet memorable, ironic while at the same time believable. Characters are brought to life with concise clarity and a meaningful manner. The reader encounters liars, cheats, victims and the marginalized. There are insights into the minds of the disillusioned, the disenchanted and the desperate. While each story has its own unique narrative, there is a sense of uniformity throughout the collection. The goodness within can be tarnished by the need to function in a modern society, to expected standards and beliefs. The exhaustion of hiding inner-darkness is achingly obvious and the reader is not required to be a judge or jury at any stage. The stories are simply a peek through the keyhole, not a complete picture, but enough to catch a glimpse at the workings of others lives.In Trouble, we are witness to a young boys heartbreak, when he is once again stigmatized as being part of the travelling community. He is devastated to learn that he may never escape this, that his whole life will be one circle of judgment. In The Squad, we are privy to the memories of an old man, now in a nursing home. There are elements of regret languishing within him and despair at his inability to change the past. Sky is detailed with beautiful prose, showing how much a child can lend to the life of a lonesome adult and that dependence can occur without obviousness.Hurling is a recurring theme in many of the stories, with A Long Puc standing proudly erect among the tales. An Irish priest brings his love of the game to Syria, and instills the joy of the sliothar and the hurl to the village. Impromptu games and tournaments are arranged and there is a brief moment of joy in the battered land. The collapse of this brief unity is made all the more devastating with the image of an unused, hand-carved hurley, laying in wait against a holy-water font. The pain is raw and real.This is not a collection which will make you feel comfortable. It is not one that should be devoured in one sitting. Each story deserves its own space, its own time and its own contemplation. While some tales are more shocking than others, some have more 'meat' to them, they all have one thing in common. The don't sugar coat life, they don't shy from the harsh realities of human nature and they all linger for longer than the reader may necessarily want them to.A powerful collection, which should be savoured. Don't bother putting it away when you have turned the last page. You may just be reaching for it, time and time again...
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Powerful vignettes By Susan Drees Donal Ryan is back, this time with a short story collection peopled by Irish men and women often on the bitter, hard side of life, sometimes on the receiving end of injury, sometimes on the doling out. The life is often hardscrabble as these people search for food, or companionship, or work, or money, or, perhaps, love. They most often fail or cause others injury. But Ryan brings their lives truly to life.There are immigrants and emigrants. There is an Irish priest in Syria bridging a cultural divide while he is able. Men seek justice against a rapist. An old man remembers the war. There is evil and fragments of good. The stories are sometimes difficult but they are also sometimes beautiful.In the title story, Ryan writes:There was a silence in Michael, like a space wherenothing existed. A hole, kind of, or more than that. Avacuum, isn't it, where an empty space hasn't even airin it? Some would just say it was loneliness, a longingfor a sharing of his days with someone besides hisolder brother.Leaving off the final phrase of that sentence, "besides his older brother," I think this description could describe the essence of many of Ryan's characters, the good and the bad. They are all searching.I do continue to recommend reading Ryan's works and add this to The Spinning Heart and The Thing About DecemberA copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This isn’t a comfortable book of short fiction By Arja Salafranca Donal Ryan’s stories are sometimes hard, shocking punches that hit you right in the gut, and leave you reeling. This isn’t a comfortable book of short fiction, but it is certainly a compelling, interesting read of dark stories. Human nature can plumb the depths of darkness, and Ryan goes right to the heart of that, forcing us to look into these depths. Shot through with slang at times, the stories are firmly set in a cold Ireland.Stand-outs include ‘The Passion’ in which a young man, the driver of a car that crashed, killing a teenage girl, tries to forge a connection with the mother, taking her for a drive. The story winds through the events, the trial, the man’s time in prison and is chilling in its intensity and a callousness at the core of it. ‘The Squad’ is another chilling story when a group of friends take their own revenge on a rapist, and the lasting emotional and psychological ramifications of that action on those who have perpetuated the violence. Meanwhile ‘Physiotherapy’ is a poignant mediation on time, marriage and the choices we make, or don’t make in our lives as a woman in her seventies reflects on the forks in the road. “The world is filled with unwelcome words” is what begins and ends the powerful, and shocking, Losers Weeps, showing the extent of what we humans will go to when desperate.
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