Life of a Bishop's Assistant Lithuania peacetime and wartime that culminate

peacetime and wartime that culminate in an ironic ending that will prompt readers to question the characters' values and transformations" - Publisher's Weekly

New short stories from one of Ireland’s leading writers whose stories are widely acclaimed for their acute perception of Irish women’s lives

In the literary tradition of Rabelais

as Jorge Volpi once said

Life of a Bishop's Assistant Lithuania peacetime and wartime that culminateLife of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century historical figure Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he became a bishops assistant before being fortunate enough to rise all the way to the position of gubernia procurator. Shklovsky illuminates Dobrinins obscure story, narrating it with an innovative ingenuity that takes centre stage. Life of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century