The Post Office (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Liam O’Flaherty
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Western Ireland
- Principal Characters: Martin Conlon, The young man, The young American woman, The young Spanish woman
- Genres: Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: Culture, Values, Tradition, Small-town life, Ireland or Irish people, Telegraphs
- Locales: Ireland
The Story
The setting for this quick-paced story is the Irish village of Praiseach, which means “confusion.” It is an appropriate title, because from the very moment the three strangers (two women and one man, all dressed in the height of fashion) arrive in this isolated village, confusion reigns. The action takes place in the post office of Praiseach, a dingy little stone building ruled over by the local postmaster, Martin Conlon. Described by Liam O’Flaherty as “a middle-aged man of great size, a good part of which lay in the region of his stomach,” Martin has a...
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