A Slanting of the Sun: Stories

A Slanting of the Sun: Storiesby Donal Ryan Donal Ryan's short stories pick up where his acclaimed novels The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December left off, dealing with dramas set in motion by loneliness and displacement and revealing stories of passion and desire where less astute observers might fail to detect the humanity that roils beneath the surface. Sometimes these dramas are found in ordinary, mundane situations; sometimes they are triggered by a fateful encounter

Discover the story behind the Giant's Causeway

It originated in an old fishing village in Galway

Beautifully illustrated and imaginatively written

Early settlers used the rock as a landmark in deeds for the farms they created out of the heavily wooded land

A precious sterling silver Claddagh pendant crafted in iconic Connemara marble

a journalist (based upon the author's grandfather)

bank records

“…a lovely little book

and certainly most controversial

and the sacrifices it will demand

There's the secret his mother will never tell him

It contains a collection of atmospheric photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland's landscape