title: A Slanting of the Sun: Stories
author:  Donal Ryan 
description: <b>Winner of the 2015 European Prize for Literature<br><br>An October 2015 Indie Next Selection<br></b><br>"Donal Ryan is among the great contemporary chroniclers of grief, loss and bewilderment." <i><b>&mdash; The Independent</b></i><br><br>"Donal Ryan&#160;is a master of the magnetic first line. . .&#160;His faithful subject is rural despair; the poetry of adversity, the baffling fortitude of intrinsically decent people. . .&#160;Each unit of language has been scrupulously positioned, though the overall effect is&#160;of effortlessness. . .&#160;This collection shows Ryan adding his own&#160;elastic yet distinctive voice to [Irish writer Frank] O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s impeccable tradition." <i><b>&mdash; The Guardian</b></i><br><br>"<i>A Slanting of the Sun</i>&#160;confirms that Donal Ryan is, without doubt, of the most exciting voices in contemporary Irish fiction." <i><b>&mdash;</b></i><b>&#160;JP O'Malley in</b><i><b>&#160;The Sunday Independent</b></i><br><br>"When Donal Ryan mixes equal parts terror and&#160;wistful the results can be mesmerising...&#160;Donal Ryan proves himself yet again to be one of the most imaginatively daring writers at work in English today." <i><b>&mdash; RT&Eacute; Ten</b></i><br><br>"Donal Ryan is a heartbreaker, his quicksilver prose laced with all the wistful rhythms of his Irish forefathers. These breathtaking stories explore human love against an uneasy landscape of violence and desperation."&#160;<b>&ndash; &#160;Imogen Lycett-Green&#160;in <i>The Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>&ldquo;As in [Donal Ryan&rsquo;s] novels, the calibrations of small-town life are forensically observed . . . Ryan&rsquo;s skill with language flicks out slang and abuse with a masterly touch . . . his ear is sharply attuned and his sense of irony remains mordant.&rdquo; <b>&ndash; Roy Foster in the <i>Irish Times</i></b><br><i><br></i>"One of [Ireland's] most remarkable writers has produced a book of short stories of such visceral power that they hit you in the solar plexus." <i><b>&mdash; Irish Mail on Sunday<br></b></i><br>"Ryan is already such a master of the short form that even when you dread the outcome, you can't stop reading." <b><i>&mdash; The Irish Independent</i></b><i><br><br></i>"[C]rystal clear sparkling prose tells heartbreaking tales of loneliness, isolation and displacement." <i><b>&mdash; The Irish Post</b><br></i><br>"<i>A Slanting of the Sun</i> is bursting with ideas. It reveals a limitless capacity for hope and a writer unlikely to run out of inspiring material." <i><b>&mdash; The Sunday Times</b></i><b><br><br>THE THING ABOUT DECEMBER:&#160;</b><br><br>"Stunning."<i> <b>-- Booklist </b></i><b>(Starred Review)</b><i><b><br></b></i><br>"The writing in this novel is simply amazing . . . [it] will at times make readers cry and at others, laugh in delighted recognition."<i><b> -- Library Journal </b></i><b>(Starred Review)</b><br><br><i><b>THE SPINNING HEART:</b></i><br><br>"Reminiscent of William Faulkner's <i>As I Lay Dying</i> . . . Ryan writes with compassion, honesty and an appealing deadpan humor."&#160;<i><b>-- The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>A "startling debut."<i>&#160;<b>-- Library Journal</b> </i><b>(Starred Review)</b><br><br>"Disturbing and unnerving but ultimately beautiful."<i> <b>-- Kirkus Reviews </b></i><b>(Starred Review)</b><br><br>A "short, swift, brutally funny romp through the fallout of a national disaster."<i><b> -- The Boston Globe</b></i>
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  # Alpha’s Sun
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Renee Rose
  
  
  ## Lee Savino
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Burning Desires
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Copyright © July 2019 Alpha’s Sun by Renee Rose and Lee Savino**
  
  
  
  
  
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  Published in the United States of America
  
  
  Renee Rose Romance and Silverwood Press
  
  
  
  
  
  Editor: Maggie Ryan
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. While reference might be made to actual
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