Being Various
Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2019-05-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780571342518 |
ISBN-13 | : 0571342515 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Featuring brand new short stories from Kevin Barry, Eimear McBride, Belinda McKeon, Lisa McInerney, Danielle McLaughlin, Stuart Neville, Sally Rooney, Kit de Waal and many more.Ireland is going through a golden age of writing: that has never been more apparent. I wanted to capture something of the energy of this explosion, in all its variousness... Following her own acclaimed short-story collection, Multitudes, Lucy Caldwell guest-edits the sixth volume of Faber's long-running series of all new Irish short stories, continuing the work of the late David Marcus and subsequent guest editors, Joseph O'Connor, Kevin Barry and Deirdre Madden.