The Quiet Man and Other Stories Paperback - 1997

The fascinating people of rural Ireland are immortalized in these classic tales, unavailable in the U.S. for more than 40 years
-- The title story is the basis for the 1952 film of the same name, which won two Oscars (Best Director and Best Cinematography) and starred John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
-- On video, the film is one of the top-selling titles of all time, and is among the top ten rentals in the classics categoryThe moors and mountains of 1920s rural Ireland became a fixture of the Irish literary landscape with the publication of these stories by Irish novelist Maurice Walsh. A U.S. edition of this enduring collection, first published in the 1930s, is long overdue.A master of sustained drama, Walsh depicts the poignant yet humorous lives of such unforgettable characters as Hugh Forbes, Archibald MacDonald, Paddy Bawn Enright, Joan Hyland, and Nuala Kierley, and the moral dilemmas of their times as they go about their simple and common activities. Professional boxer Paddy Bawn Enright, newly home after years in America, must fight Red Will O'Danaher for his honor at the expense of his own wife's. Nuala Kierley must betray her husband for the sake of the IRA.All six stories in The Quiet Man center on the interactions among the same individuals and the passionate struggles they go through. Set in a time of political turmoil, intrigue, and Irish civil unrest, Walsh's stories blend and interconnect around universal themes of human dignity, nationalism, honor, and love.