Departures

The stories in this extraordinary collection are set in Northern Ireland, specifically Belfast, the center for more than thirty years of fighting between Roman Catholic nationalists and Protestants loyal to the British crown. Cornell is not preoccupied, however, with the details of the war. Her stories explore the emotional and psychological consequences of the struggle to endure not only violence, but loss, failure, and the inability to believe.


Author: Jennifer Cornell
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 03/14/1996
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.99w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780822956044
Award: Oregon Book Awards - Nominee

About the Author

Jennifer C. Cornell is assistant professor of English at Oregon State University and her fiction has appeared in TriQuarterlyNew England Review, Massachusetts Review, and Quarterly West.