The Mountain Tavern (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Liam O’Flaherty
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1919
- Setting: The mountain country of Ireland
- Principal Characters: The first soldier, The second soldier, The third soldier, Mrs. Galligan
- Genres: Short fiction, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: Storms, Soldiers, Ireland or Irish people, Civil wars, Wounds or injuries, Snow
The Story
Somewhere in Ireland during the time known as “The Troubles,” the era of the civil war that led to the creation of the Irish Free State, three soldiers identified only as Republicans are struggling through a snowstorm in mountainous terrain. They are described only as a man with “grim young eyes”; a man referred to by the others as the commandant who has “a forlorn look in his eyes”; and a huge man walking bareheaded and erect who has a “proud, fearless face.” The commandant is seriously wounded following an ambush in which their column was wiped out,...
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