A Slip Up & All Sorts of Impossible Things: Dramatisations for Performance

he experience of loss and a yearning to comprehend the process of living lie at the core of the work of John McGahern. In this collection, two of McGahern’s short stories, ‘A Slip Up’ and ‘All Sorts of Impossible Things’ have been dramatised for performance. What emerges is a vital and lucid exposition of the stories, and a study of what, through the author’s eyes, it means to struggle with the conflict between desire and reality.