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Seán Ó Faoláin

Born

in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland

February 22, 1900

Died

April 20, 1991

Genre

Fiction, Travel

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Average rating: 3.71 · 477 ratings · 67 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories 3.75 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bird Alone by Seán Ó Faoláin, Benedict Kiely (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1936 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heat of the Sun 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Irish: A Character Study 3.46 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1947 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foreign Affairs and Other Stories 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Again: A Novel 3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories of Sean O'Faolain 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1932 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talking Trees and Other Stories 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vive Moi! 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1965 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“At Harvard I learned most uncomfortably that facts are facts. In Italy I learned that facts are the way you look at them.”
― Sean O'Faolain

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“(the modern writer’s aim is) general revelation by suggestion (and) making a very tiny part do for a whole.”
― Sean O'Faolain

tags: creativity, literature, writers, writing

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“My final thought now is that as in religion and the arts, so in politics; if men do not balance their feelings and intelligence they lose command of both - and worse still, of their object.”
― Sean O'Faolain

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