The short story is the most difficult of all literary forms ... - Seán Ó Faoláin

This quote is attributed to Seán Ó Faoláin.

"The short story is the most difficult of all literary forms because it must accomplish in miniature what the novel does at length."

Seán Ó Faoláin Art

Novelist Irish 1900–1991

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