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The Short Fiction of Flann O'Brien Flann O'Brien
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Colm O'Mongain talks to fellow Flannistas, Professor Declan Kiberd and Frank McNally of the Irishman's Diary about the novels of Brian O'Nolan. Jun 6, 2011 - We've made some changes to the way the site works, so we've put together a short tour to help you find your way around. Novels, Novellas, and Short Stories | Tags: comedy, desmond, dharma, ireland, mystery, novel, philosophy, rating 4, science, time. Mar 15, 2013 - Translating Flann O'Brien's “vertiginous extravagance,” “anatomy of a novel” (Donohue 2002: 23, 24), “parodic symposium of textual strategies and stylistic conventions” (Imhof 1985: 13) into any language undoubtedly means to venture on .. Mar 3, 2007 - Given the ambiguity of his given name, it is hardly surprising that he created so many others for himself – Flann O'Brien for some of his novels, Myles na gCopaleen (or Gopaleen) for his journalism, and several others (George Knowall, Brother Barnabas) for a variety of purposes But within a very short time it slips into a parallel universe of bewildering strangeness, where time and space dilate and contract, where bizarre events happen to the unsuspecting, where perspective shifts. I didn't do it until ten years ago. Jan 15, 2014 - The Third Policeman – Flann O'Brien. May 9, 2014 - A bit of research shows that this is the title (with a definite article in front) of a novel by FLANN (one letter more than the entry at 5 down) O'BRIEN (22 down). As wise literary folk, you must already know 2011 is the centenary of the birth of Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen, or perhaps Brian O'Nolan, scribhneoir and letter-wrangler extraordinaire. The simultaneous hiding and declaration of art(ifice) is thus short-circuited in Hungarian to the charmingly old-fashioned plump (though not necessarily stately) posterior, drawing attention to the occurrence of a corseted pun. It was a short novel, Irish, written in the 1930's or 40's, very funny. I'm just reading a hilarious book right now called The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien. Jul 13, 2013 - Reading books is fantastic.