“Always in the short story there is this sense of outlawed figures wandering about the fringes of society.... As a result there is in the short story at its most characteristic something we do not often find in the novel--an intense awareness of human loneliness.”
Quote by Frank O'Connor
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Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor was an Irish writer born on September 17, 1903, and died on March 10, 1966. He is renowned for his short stories, which are deeply influenced by Irish folk tales and mythology. more
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Source: Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
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