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Description
The stories in this outstanding collection range in location between Ireland, Italy and the USA. Varying in structure, they explore themes of loss, love and language. Many are haunting and evocative, some are mischievous or slightly surreal, some brutally dark.
“William Wall is a genuine literary talent, with a poet's gift for apposite, wry observation, dialogue and character... [He] has an admirable power of poignant description.” Guardian
“His timing is beautiful, his writing finely-honed.” Sunday Business Post
“Stylish and perceptive.” The Times
“He’s such a writer – lyrical and cruel and brave and with metaphors to die for.” Kate Atkinson
William Wall is a full-time writer from Cork who in 2005 was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novel This is the Country, shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes National Book Award and The Young Mind Prize; in 2004 he won the Sean O Faoláin Award and in 2003 was shortlisted for the Raymond Carver Prize. His novels to date include The Map of Tenderness, Minding Children and Alice Falling; he is also a poet and author of a children’s book. |
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Author
William Wall is a full-time writer from Cork who in 2005 was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novel This is the Country, shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes National Book Award and The Young Mind Prize; in 2004 he won the Sean O Faoláin Award and in 2003 was shortlisted for the Raymond Carver Prize. His novels to date include The Map of Tenderness, Minding Children and Alice Falling; he is also a poet and author of a children’s book.
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