Irish author. He is best known for his short stories published in volumes such as
Spring Sowing (1924),
The Tent (1926), and
Two Lovely Beasts (1948). His novels, set in Dublin, are less poetic and more violent than his stories; they include
Thy Neighbour's Wife (1923),
The Informer (1925), winner of the Tait Black Memorial Prize,
Skerrett (1932), and
Famine (1937).
The Short Stories (new edition) was published in 1986. O'Flaherty's writings have a strength acquired from his sense of primeval humanity beneath the layers of civilization.
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