Davy Byrnes Stories
The Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award is sponsored by Davy Byrnes in Dublin. It is Ireland’s biggest competition for a single short srtory and it aims to honour the great tradition of short story writing in ireland and to encourage and reward excellence among current practictioners of the form. More than 800 entries were received, all the stories were first read anonymously with the final selection of 30 going on to be read by Richard Ford. This collection contains the six prize winning stories as selected by Richard Ford.
Reading this collection then led me to :
Women with Men by Richard Ford
The landscape of “Women with Men” ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity. So merciless is Ford’s lingering gaze upon human, mostly male, weakness, so understanding his eye for the unravelling threads of human love.
