Canary Wharf
Cnuasach gearrscéalta
A first collection of short stories, from the world of technology and high finance to the Bolivian Andes.
About the book
Orna Ní Choileáin’s first collection of short stories, and a varied one. Its ten stories carry the reader from human drama in the corporate world of technology and high finance, through airports and television studios, to a more traditional setting in the Bolivian Andes.
At the heart of each story is a single person, often a solitary one, written in a clear, fresh, readable style with a wry humour running through it.
Five of the stories, ‘Saineolaí Teicneolaí’, ‘Canary Wharf’, ‘Cosaint Sonraí’, ‘Cúrsaí Eitilte’ and ‘Mil’, have been on the prescribed material for Higher Level Irish in the Leaving Certificate since the 2015 examination.
Recognition
- SelectedBest European Fiction 2010 (Dalkey Archive Press) 2010The short story ‘Camino’ was chosen as the Irish-language entry in the anthology Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksandar Hemon with a preface by Zadie Smith.Source: Dalkey Archive Press
- On the syllabusPrescribed material, Leaving Certificate Irish (Higher Level) 2015Five stories from Canary Wharf (‘Saineolaí Teicneolaí’, ‘Canary Wharf’, ‘Cosaint Sonraí’, ‘Cúrsaí Eitilte’ and ‘Mil’) on the additional prose list from the 2015 examination onwards, and still listed for 2025.Source: Ciorclán 0012/2013, An Roinn Oideachais
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