Guests of the Nation | Critical Overview
Frank O’Connor, pseudonym of Michael O’Donovan, was a prolific writer whose output includes poetry, biography, essays, drama, novels, and short stories. It is his short stories that have made the biggest impact on literature, but as Michael L. Storey notes, his recognition as a top rated author has been slow to come because many critics were reluctant to put ‘‘short story writers into the same league with novelists, poets, and dramatists.’’ Now this has changed.
However popular he is becoming now, things were not so positive at the beginning. For his early...
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