TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,Frank AU - Banks,Russell TI - The lonely voice: a study of the short story T2 - Harper colophon books SN - 0060911301 AV - PN3373 .O266 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Harper & Row KW - Short story N1 - Reprint. Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., 1963; Hamlet and Quixote -- Country matters -- The slave's son -- You and who else? -- Work in progress -- An author in search of a subject -- The writer who rode away -- A clean well-lighted place -- The price of freedom -- The romanticism of violence -- The girl at the gaol gate N2 - The legendary book about writing by the legendary writer is back!Frank O'Connor was one of the twentieth century's greatest short story writers, and one of Ireland's greatest authors ever. Now, O'Connor's influential and sought-after book on the short story is back. THE LONELY VOICE offers a master class with the master. With his sharp wit and straightforward prose, O'Connor not only discusses the techniques and challenges of a form in which "a whole lifetime must be crowded into a few minutes," but he also delves into a passionate consideration of his favorite writers and their greatest works, including Chekhov, Hemingway, Kipling, Joyce, and others ER -