Book of the Month – April 2011

ClubLeabhar.com - Works of the Month, April 2011

The April choices for ClubLeabhar.com can be purchased together at a special price here.

Niall Tóibín ag léamh gearrscéalta le Seán Mac Mathúna

In this superb presentation of Seán Mac Mathúna’s short stories, Niall Tóibín brings a master’s touch to the characters and voices in stories as diverse as Leaca an Tí Mhóir and Ding. This is a rare production, indeed, and Tóibín is brilliant in his delivery of the stories to CD, embodying the humour, humanity, and dark devilment of classic storytelling. The story Gadaithe alone, a heartbreaking homage to the art of storytelling in Irish, is a profound and deeply-moving masterpiece brought to life here by Niall Tóibín as never before. These stories, which are from Cois Life’s published collection Úlla, must be heard.

You can buy the CDs on their own here

Úlla by Seán MacMathúna

A selection of short stories from the collections Ding (1983) and Banana (1999) plus extra material from the master short story teller Seán Mac Mathúna.

You can buy Úlla on its own here

Note: We’re very grateful to the publisher, Cois Life, for providing a passage from the book and from the CDs to us. They own the copyright to the works and the passages are provided here for personal use only.