Hey! Same here, I found myself mostly reading contemporary novels by Irish women. It's hard to explain why they are so good. Do you have any recommendations I might have missed?
I hope you don't mind my jumping in here, Ansuya, because you asked Elizabeth & not me, but I'm a devotee of things Irish and would suggest, for the immediate, Mary O'Donoghue's "The Hour After Happy Hour" and "The End of the World is a Cul de Sac", by Louise Kennedy, plus anything by Mary Lavin or Maeve Brennan. Plus a subscription to the lit mag "Stinging Fly" (the name taken from a line from Plato). There's also a wonderful anthology that a friend of mine brought back from Ireland called "The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories", ed, Sinead Gleeson, the "art of the glimpse" taken from William Trevor's definition of the short story.
Thanks for the recs! IтАЩm also in love with Irish writers for some reason.. a love affair that began with Joyce in college but has since moved on to Edna OтАЩBrien, Sally Rooney and many others.
Wow thank you! Yes, I love Louise Kennedy and Maeve Brennan too! I thought Caroline OтАЩDonoghueтАЩs тАШthe Rachel affairтАЩ was charming and funny as well.
I have fallen in love with the writings of Irish women.
Love their prose. Such texture.
I should move. Perhaps in the next (past?) life.
Hey! Same here, I found myself mostly reading contemporary novels by Irish women. It's hard to explain why they are so good. Do you have any recommendations I might have missed?
I hope you don't mind my jumping in here, Ansuya, because you asked Elizabeth & not me, but I'm a devotee of things Irish and would suggest, for the immediate, Mary O'Donoghue's "The Hour After Happy Hour" and "The End of the World is a Cul de Sac", by Louise Kennedy, plus anything by Mary Lavin or Maeve Brennan. Plus a subscription to the lit mag "Stinging Fly" (the name taken from a line from Plato). There's also a wonderful anthology that a friend of mine brought back from Ireland called "The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories", ed, Sinead Gleeson, the "art of the glimpse" taken from William Trevor's definition of the short story.
Adding Aingeala Flannery's The Amusements and Anne Enright's The Wren The Wren as recent favs by Irish women. :) So good!
I just ordered Louise Kennedy s book of short stories! Thanks for jumping in!
Saltwater by Jessica Andrews is one I would recommend as well, and Naoise Dolan.
Thanks for these, Ansuya!
Thanks for the recs! IтАЩm also in love with Irish writers for some reason.. a love affair that began with Joyce in college but has since moved on to Edna OтАЩBrien, Sally Rooney and many others.
Wow thank you! Yes, I love Louise Kennedy and Maeve Brennan too! I thought Caroline OтАЩDonoghueтАЩs тАШthe Rachel affairтАЩ was charming and funny as well.
thank you--can't wait
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Fantastic
oh yes!
They will run you to the ground...So says The Dark Horse!^^