The Irish author explores themes of marriage, children, mortality and memory in vivid, heartbreaking tales
âShe finds truth in the tiniest detailsâ ⦠Louise Kennedy. Photograph: Bloomsbury
âShe finds truth in the tiniest detailsâ ⦠Louise Kennedy. Photograph: Bloomsbury
JudeCook
Thu 22 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT
In recent times, the critical focus in new Irish fiction has been on writers who explore millennial dilemmas, such as Sally Rooney and Naoise Dolan. But alongside these novelists have emerged superbly accomplished short-story writers such as Wendy Erskine and Danielle McLaughlin, whose first published works draw on many years of rich lived experience. Louise Kennedy can confidently join their ranks with her dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection,
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