Lavin, Mary 1912-1996

Collected stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
5 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 663 libraries worldwide
The Green Grave and the Black Grave; At Sallygap; The Cemetery in the Demesne, Sunday Brings Sunday; The Long Ago; A Happy Death; The Sand Castle; The Small Bequest; A Visit to the Cemetery; A Tragedy; The Long Holidays; My Vocation; Frail Vessel; Brigid; The Great Wave; The Mouse; The Living; In the Middle of the Fields, The Cuckoo-Spit; Happiness; The New Gardener.

A memory and other stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
8 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and held by 557 libraries worldwide

The shrine, and other stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
10 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 535 libraries worldwide

In the middle of the fields, and other stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
11 editions published between 1965 and 1969 in English and held by 505 libraries worldwide
Miss Lavin's six stories all have Ireland as a setting and tell of delicate human relationships. A woman farmer, recently widowed, has an encounter with a neighbour; a fading beauty is courted and won by a man she has loved for many years; the nursing of a sick man in his final illness and the cost to his daughters; two students who meet and talk in Dublin; an inconclusive affair between a young man and an older woman; the antagonastic relationship between two people forced by circumstances to live under same roof.

Happiness, and other stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
8 editions published between 1969 and 1970 in English and held by 493 libraries worldwide
Five short stories set in Ireland. As in "Happiness", where a young widow defies local conventions in her determination to be happy, the central themes are concern for the survival of the human spirit, and the right of the individual to decide moral issues in the light of private conscience. a characteristic of the author's work is her ability to move successfully from tragedy to humane farce, often within the same story.

The house in Clewe street by Mary Lavin ( Book )
18 editions published between 1945 and 2009 in English and held by 485 libraries worldwide

Selected stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
8 editions published between 1959 and 1984 in English and held by 461 libraries worldwide

The great wave, and other stories by Mary Lavin ( Book )
5 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 407 libraries worldwide
Eleven new stories of Ireland, some of which first appeared in "The New Yorker".

Mary O'Grady by Mary Lavin ( Book )
15 editions published between 1950 and 1986 in English and held by 390 libraries worldwide

The stories of Mary Lavin by Mary Lavin ( Book )
18 editions published between 1964 and 1985 in English and German and held by 290 libraries worldwide