Saorsa

Saorsa is a collection of short stories in Scottish Gaelic edited by Joan NicDhòmhnaill and John Storey and published by Ùr-sgeul in 2011. While varied, the stories explore the shared themes of moral ambiguity, subversion and law breaking. Crime, drugs, plastic surgery, poverty, abuse, neoliberalism, tourism, cultural identity, migration, murder, love, betrayal, politics, social and economic history are some of the topics explored in the collection.
The stories.
In all, "Saorsa" includes 13 new short stories from 13 writers:
Reception.
The collection was generally praised. Aonghas MacNeacail wrote in a review in the "West Highland Free Press" that the "Saorsa" was "a reason for hope and excitement", and Moray Watson wrote in his review in "Northwords Now" that the collection advanced the development of Gaelic prose in general.