An Arrow in Flight by Mary Lavin Cipher Press A narrator and her dog

A narrator and her dog are criss-crossing the Swiss Alps

and sheer narrative economy

The Last Basket Makers from Risa refers to a lineage of artisans producing the enigmatic Hedared basket—from Lennart

Her large works on unstretched

the issues varied in form and aesthetics

An Arrow in Flight by Mary Lavin Cipher Press A narrator and her dogMary Lavin is the great unsung voice of Irish fiction. Here are her very best, most electric stories: illuminating, moving, arrows in flight. This is a wonderful collection, and a reminder that Mary Lavin was is one of Irelands greatest writers Roddy Doyle Mary Lavins stories feature ordinary people in the tight confines of ordinary life. From rural Ireland and the streets of Dublin they charm, irritate and intrigue in complicated brilliance,