Homesickness

Resumen del libro

The second book from the "exact and poetic" (New York Times) author of critical smash Young Skins, winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35, Homesickness is an emotionally resonant and wonderfully wry collection that follows the lives of outcasts, misfits, and malcontents from County Mayo to Canada. When Colin Barrett's debut Young Skins published, it swept up several major literary awards, and, in both its linguistic originality and sharply drawn portraits of working-class Ireland, earned Barrett comparisons to Faulkner, Hardy, and Musil. Now, in a blistering follow-up collection, Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny styleA quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won't lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father's cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor's life.

The second piece of fiction from a 'lyrical and tough and smart' (Anne Enright) voice in contemporary Irish literature, Homesickness? marks Colin Barrett out as our most brilliantly original and captivating storyteller.

Biografía del autor

Colin Barrett (1982) nació en Canadá pero pasó su infancia y adolescencia en Knockmore, un pueblo del condado de Mayo (Irlanda). Estudió escritura creativa en el University College de Dublín y ganó en 2009 el premio Penguin Irlanda. Debutó en 2013 con el aclamado libro de relatos Glanbeigh, publicado en una decena de países y galardonado con premios tan prestigiosos como el Guardian First Book Award y el Frank Ox{0026} x02019;Connor International Short Story Award. En 2015, Colin Barrett fue uno de los cinco autores premiados con el National Book Award para menores de treinta y cinco años. Sus relatos han aparecido en The New Yorker, Granta y Harperx{0026} x02019;s.