by Frank O'Connor · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141187877
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«My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories» is Frank O'Connor's collection of short stories, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Stories set in twentieth-century Ireland about childhood, family and human relationships. In the title story, Larry's life is disrupted when his father returns from the Second World War: jealous and resentful at sharing his mother, he wages a battle to regain her attention. Includes «The Genius», «The Study of History» and «First Confession».
This 2005 edition belongs to the Penguin Modern Classics series and includes an introduction by Julian Barnes.
For readers of classic fiction and twentieth-century Irish short stories.
Frank O'Connor was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry, dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction, biography, and travel books. He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was named in his honour, as is the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellowship.
