The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections.

My Oedipus Complex: and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Frank O'Connor

Short Stories & Anthologies

Penguin??Books

The first two volumes of O'Connor's autobiography. AN ONLY CHILD is the entrancing story of an Irish childhood and a youthful involvement in the Irish rebellion which leads to internment. In MY FATHER'S SON O'Connor is released after the Civil war to begin a turbulent career as a writer, sharing his life and loves in Dublin with characters as formidable as Yeats and Lennox Robinson.

An Only Child and My Father's Son

Collection of short stories by Frank O'Connor.

The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed Ireland

Penguin books, limited

A collection of four of O'Connor's short stories, often written from the point of view of a child or an individual outside of society's conventions. They are The Genius, My Oedipus Complex, The Ugly Duckling and Song Without Words.

The Genius (Penguin 60s)

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The Mad Lomasneys and Other Stories from Collection Two

The Mad Lomasneys and Other Stories

Macmillan

'One of the most able and sympathetic of short-story writers . the triumph of his stories is their perfect sense of occasion, the sufficiency of what he has chosen to say . His material shows consistent tenderness, humour and emotional range.' new statesman. 'Today no writer perceives the Irish as subtly: he is as needlingly accurate about provincial life as Joyce was about Dublin.'GUARDIAN' - Frank O'Connor has long been recognised as one of the greatest short-story writers of this century.' time and tide.

Holy Door, The - and Other Stories

Pan Books

(An Only Child is the entrancing story of an Irish childhood and a youthful involvement in the Irish rebellion which leads to internment)

An Only Child and " My Father's Son " : an autobiography

Biographies & Memoirs

Stories of soldiers, nuns, priests, doctors, widows, children, old couples, lovers, and many others offer a frank portrait of life in Ireland

Collected Stories

Alfred.A. Knopf

The themes of childhood, love, marriage and community in Ireland run through this collection of the finest of Frank O'Connor's short stories. Skilfully constructed, they are infused with all the humour and insight which has become a hallmark of O'Connor's work. Activities help students to explore the text and writing assignments provide practice for structured responses.Larry is used to having his mother's undivided attention while his father is away with the army. But things change when his father returns from the war . . .Brother Arnold knows that Brother Michael is keeping some kind of secret - but when he discovers what it is, he, too, finds himself getting drawn in . . .Jimmy Garvin is the apple of his mother's eye, brought up to be all the things his errant father isn't. But when Jimmy goes to visit his father in England it is only a matter of time before the changes set in.

New Windmills: "My Oedipus Complex" and Other Stories (New Windmills)

Reference

Heinemann Educational Publishers

Towards an appreciation of literature,

Kennikat Press

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