I went to Ireland for a week-long writing workshop at Kylemore Abbey so I am all in on Irish authors! I highly recommend Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane - it's a novel written in a memoir format - so good. Also anything by Claire Keegan - her short story Small Things Like These is being made into a movie. Thank you for all your wonderful book suggestions!
I seem to like writers who are English or have English roots (Kazuo Ishiguro, for instance) and I also have an affinity for Irish writers. Have you read Claire Keegan? Her novella Small Things Like These is quiet and powerful, best read in one or two sittings (which I messed up on so don't want others to make that mistake!).
I went to Ireland for a week-long writing workshop at Kylemore Abbey so I am all in on Irish authors! I highly recommend Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane - it's a novel written in a memoir format - so good. Also anything by Claire Keegan - her short story Small Things Like These is being made into a movie. Thank you for all your wonderful book suggestions!
I'm so jealous! I'll definitely check out these other titles. Thanks, Cathi!
I seem to like writers who are English or have English roots (Kazuo Ishiguro, for instance) and I also have an affinity for Irish writers. Have you read Claire Keegan? Her novella Small Things Like These is quiet and powerful, best read in one or two sittings (which I messed up on so don't want others to make that mistake!).
Two people in this comment thread mentioned Small Things Like These, so I guess I have to read it now. :)
This is Happiness is also one of my all-time favourite books. Highly recommend!
Yay!
That Niall Williams has been on my TBR for a bit, but I just bumped it to the top - thanks!
Nice! It's meandering and beautiful :)
What a beautiful and charming piece of artwork! Love how the highlights on the clouds look and the lettering too.
Thanks, Bethany. I'll let Lucy know.