Shift - Couverture souple

Gallagher, Mia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184840669X ISBN 13 : 9781848406698

Editeur : New Island Books, 2018

Synopsis

Prowling the streets, bedrooms, parks and schoolyards of a grubby uncertain city, where madness lurks just under the skin, men, women and those in-between enter an unsettling dance of encounters. There s Maisie, perfect on the inside and out, a right PrimcessTM but what s it going to take to get a hard-copy invitation to her party? There s the angry-deep-inside man, who gets more than he bargained for when he drinks too much at a party, insulting a mysterious guest. There s those three lads, up from the sticks to study marketing in Belfield, who can t help listening to the noises in their creaky Georgian house: a slamming door, a washing machine and geisha Susie downstairs, playing Nights in White Satin to her snake. And the nixer driving a removals van with Christo, who likes dressing up on days he isn t feeling too good. Time passes. Roads get built, cars get faster, bubbles bust. But some things endure. The bitter violence of betrayal. Love, in all its foolish sweetness. The hurt and sometimes healing of loss. A magnificent achievement by one of Ireland s greatest authors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mia Gallagher was born in Dublin, where she lives and works. Her novels are HellFire (Penguin, 2006), awarded the Irish Tatler Literature Award 2007, and Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland (New Island, 2016), longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Award 2016, and published in the UK by Head of Zeus in 2018. Mia has received several Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland and has enjoyed the role of writer-in-residence in many different environments. Her award-winning short fiction has appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Mia has also written for the stage and worked as an actor. Shift is her first short-story collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Island Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184840669X
• ISBN 13: 9781848406698
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible