Something Special (short story)
 First standalone edition | |
| Author | Iris Murdoch |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus (standalone) |
Publication date | 1957 (1999 standalone) |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 41pp |
| ISBN | 0-7011-6918-4 |
| OCLC | 41661896 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6063.U7 S66 1999 |
"Something Special" is the only published short story by Iris Murdoch. It first appeared in 1957 in a collection entitled Winter's Tales 3, and after inclusion in anthologies in Japan (1971, 1972), England (1979) and Finland (1990) it was republished separately by Chatto & Windus in 1999.
Yvonne Geary, the 24-year-old daughter of a Dublin shopkeeper, is courted by a young Jewish man, Sam Goldman, who takes her out for the night. After an unpleasant scene at a rowdy public house Sam decides to take Yvonne into his confidence.
Publication history
[edit]- 1957: Winter's Tales 3, pp175–204. Macmillan, London. St Martin's Press, New York.
- 1971: Murdoch, Spark and Bowen, pp1–29. ed. Hisayasu Hirukawa. Eichosha, Tokyo.
- 1972: Modern English Stories, pp286–303. Shueisa, Tokyo.
- 1979: Women Writing: an Anthology, pp1–19. ed. Denys Val Baker. W H Allen, London.
- 1979: Best for Winter: a Selection from 25 Years of Winter's Tales, pp46–59. ed. A D Maclean. Macmillan, London.
- 1990: Something Special: Four Poems and a Story. Eurographica, Helsinki.
- 1999: Something Special. Chatto & Windus, London.
References
[edit]- John Fletcher, Cheryl Bove. Iris Murdoch: a descriptive primary and annotated secondary bibliography. Garland Publishing, New York, 1994.
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