The Queen of Dirt Island

Resumen del libro

The Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know - in spite of what the neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.

Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. About all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't.

More than anything, it is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that last generations. 'Beautifully poised, sad, poetic and human....I loved every single line.' IAN RANKIN 'His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show' ANNE ENRIGHT'Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving' DAVID NICHOLLS'A life-enhancing talent' SEBASTIAN BARRY'I would struggle to think of any other Irish author working today who writes with as much compassion as Donal Ryan' LOUISE O'NEILL

Biografía del autor

Donal Ryan (Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, 1976) es una de las voces más originales de la narrativa irlandesa del siglo XXI. Debutó en 2012 con la novela "Corazón giratorio" (Sajalín, 2019), publicada en más de quince países y galardonada, entre otros, con el premio Guardian al mejor debut y el premio literario de la Unión Europea. Nominado en dos ocasiones al premio Booker, Ryan es autor de seis novelas y un libro de relatos. En 2014 abandonó su trabajo como funcionario para dedicarse por completo a la literatura y a dar clases de escritura creativa en la Universidad de Limerick.