Out
of the
Blue
These twelve stories
by Irish writer Eddie Stack, recount the peculiar and amazing
experiences that befall his native people, at home and abroad. In
"Angels," Mr. Fine the eccentric chemist, reappears after a long hiatus
and enchants the town with his violin. The dead arise to rewrite
Irish
history in "Ellie," when a recent immigrant to Ohio meets a widow long
gone from Ireland. A donkey with an attitude hassles a small town in
"Jack Ass Blues" and shakes the authority of Church and State. "Song
for Angie" shuttles between Ireland and San Francisco, retracing
through music, the lives of a church organist and her troubadour niece.
In another tale, a foreign cabby ruffles local racists when he joins
the town taxi rank. Love tests a champion Irish dancer in "Flying
Visit," and the title story, "Out of the Blue," concerns of a
mysterious funeral coming to Ireland from Chicago. Surreal, naturalistic, cinematic, humorous and sometimes poignant: all styles intersect and play, often in a single tale. In this diverse and engaging collection, Eddie Stack takes us into worlds of magic and mystery, from which we emerge with a smile.
Out of the Blue is available on Amazon
The West: Stories from Ireland
Published in 1990, Eddie Stack's first collection of short stories received immediate critical acclaim both in the U.S. and in Ireland. The seven stories in this collection are set in the West of Ireland. From the opening tale, "Time Passes," to the final story "Derramore," these pieces reveal the soul of a community-its hopes, dreams and schemes. In The West, fatalism and possibility run side by side, the Otherworld is as near as the Church. The double focus of the Irish.
With storyteller intimacy, Eddie Stack evokes life in a series of almost cinematic prose portraits of people, places and situations. The stories are smooth, each one remarkably different, but the click together to form a pattern. With its wit, originality and sensitivity, The West belongs in the best tradition of Irish writing.
In 2004 Eddie Stack recorded a CD of stories from the West with music by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill...more
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on Amazon.co.uk
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At present only collectors copies of The West
are available from
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com
A Kindle version of The West is also available from Amazon
An ebook version of The West can be purchased for $3.00