If you're not strong then you'd better be clever, so says the proverb, and in these stories, retellings of tales from Eastern folklore, the underdog always wins the day.
Micheál Ó Conghaile is from Inis Treabhair, an island off the coast of Conamara, Co. Galway. He is a prolific and talented writer and founded Cló Iar-Chonnachta publishing house in 1985. His work includes poetry, short stories, a novel, plays, and a novella, and he has also done some translation work. His writing has won him many accolades including the Hennessy Literary Award, Hennessy Young Irish Writer of the Year Award, a shortlisting for The Irish Times Literary Awards for his novel Sna Fir, and the Stewart Parker/BBC Ulster Award for his play Cúigear Chonamara. His work has been translated into many languages, including Romanian, Croatian, Albanian, German and English. Some of his most recent works include the plays Jude (2007) and Cúigear Chonamara (2003) and the short-story collection An Fear nach nDéanann Gáire (2003).
