{"product_id":"arrow-in-flight-selected-stories-of-mary-lavin","title":"Arrow in Flight: Selected Stories of Mary Lavin","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the great overlooked voices of modern Irish literature, once hailed as \"magnificent\" by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Lavin's fiction is now being revived for a new generation of readers in this definitive volume, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring her lifetime, Irish American writer Mary Lavin was a prominent literary figure. Throughout the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, her stories were frequently featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, compared to the works of Chekhov, James, and Wharton, and celebrated in major publications, ranging from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Lavin won prestigious awards, such as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Katherine Mansfield Prize, and her influence extends to many of today's great fiction writers. Yet, despite her incredible success, Lavin's once acclaimed body of work has largely fallen out of print, lost and erased from the canon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, \u003ci\u003eAn Arrow in Flight\u003c\/i\u003e brings together sixteen of Lavin's most powerful stories, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín. In witty and sharp prose, these tales explore familial tensions, relationships between men and women, and the social mores and biases of 20th-century Irish society, from the streets of Dublin to the fields of County Meath. Essential for any fan of contemporary Irish literature, \u003ci\u003eAn Arrow in Flight \u003c\/i\u003eshines a much-needed light on \"a master of the genre\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) who has, for too long, remained in the shadows.","brand":"Mary Lavin (Author), Colm Toibin (Introduction by)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48537661014243,"sku":"9781668098714","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/files\/9781668098714-us.jpg?v=1774368410","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/arrow-in-flight-selected-stories-of-mary-lavin","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}