Frank O”Connor (1903–66) grew up in Cork city and fought in the Irish War of Independence and in the Civil War on the anti-Treaty side. He was the author of 150 works and is best known for his short story collections and memoirs. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer and translator. The Frank O”Connor short story festival has been run in his home town since 2000. His story “Guests of the Nation” was the inspiration for Neil Jordan”s film “The Crying Game”.
17 Ebooks by Frank O. Connor
Frank O’Connor: Halo: Saint’s Testimony
An all-new digital singlepart of the New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster Xbox games!The military-grade artificial intelligence known as Iona has only one week to live. After …
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Tobias S. Buckell & Troy Denning: Halo: Fractures
A sensational short story collection in the expansive universe of HALO, the New York Times bestselling series!Launch once more into galaxy-spanning conflict and legendary heroismshards of an …
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€16.42
Frank O’Connor: The Big Fellow:
Re-issued with an introduction by Neil Jordan, ‘The Big Fellow’ is the 1937 biography of the famed Irish leader Michael Collins by acclaimed author Frank O’Connor. It is an uncompromising but humane …
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€11.99
Frank O’Connor: Death in Dublin
Death in Dublin: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution is a fascinating biography of Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early twentieth century Irish …
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€3.73
Frank O’Connor: Advanced First Aid for First Responder on Scene
This book leads you from occupational first aid to cardiac first responder and on to advanced first aid without any difficulty. There are over 165 photographs and illustrations and 27 algorithms to …
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€6.49
Frank O’Connor: Halo: Saint’s Testimony
An original digital e-short set in the Halo Universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Das E-Book Halo: Saint’s Testimony wird angeboten von Titan Books und wurde mit …
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€1.49
Frank O’Connor & Brian Merriman: The Midnight Court
Award-winning edition of this outstanding translation of Brian Merriman's eighteenth-century erotic masterpiece.
Translated by Frank O'Connor
Illustrations by Brian …
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€6.99
Frank O’Connor: My Oedipus Complex
The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother’s …
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€8.99
Frank O’Connor: The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed Ireland
”Father, ” I said, feeling I might as well get it over while I had him in a good humour, ”I had it all arranged to kill my grandmother.” Praised as Ireland”s Chekhov, Frank O”Connor was a moder …
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Frank O’Connor: Collected Stories
The definitive collection from an Irish literary icon, ‘;one of the masters of the short story’ (Newsweek). In the words of W. B. Yeats, Frank O’Connor ‘;did for Ireland what Chekhov did for Russia.’ …
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Frank O’Connor: Collar
Compelling tales of the clergy from the renowned author. “The work of Frank O’Connor lies at the very heart of the modern story in Ireland” (The Washington Post). Over the …
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€18.78
Frank O’Connor: Autobiography
Frank O’Connor’s acclaimed autobiography, now in one volume When Frank O’Connor was born, his parents Minnie O’Connor, a former maid raised in an orphanage, and Michael O’Donovan, a veteran of the …
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Midnight Court
Irish literary heavyweight Frank O’Connor translates the ribald and raucous Gaelic masterpiece in a work originally banned by the Irish government. As a teacher and translator of Irish verse, Frank …
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Frank O’Connor: Bellrock Cove
Bellrock cove is a busy seaside resort at the mouth of the River Shannon. Its also home to an Elite Coastguard Special Operations unit. Primarily their job is search and rescue, but a busy waterway …
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Frank O’Connor: Look Back to Look Forward
While Frank O’Connor was known primarily as one of Ireland’s finest short-story writers, he was also an accomplished translator. In the long line of Irish writers given to translating poems in Irish …
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€16.99
Frank O’Connor: Huéspedes de la nación y otros relatos
Frank O'Connor, considerado por autores como William B. Yeats, Julian Barnes o Richard Ford como el Chéjov irlandés, analiza las realidades dispares que conforman aquel país, católico y …
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