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Multitudes

Lucy Caldwell

From Shelf: "The Best Books by Women of the 21st Century." The Irish Times for International Women's Day 2022

A story collection that ranges from Belfast to London and back again in ten stories that explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'.

'Beautifully crafted, and so finely balanced that she holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.' Eimear McBride 'A writer of rare elegance and beauty, Caldwell doesn't just get inside her characters' minds. She perches in the precarious chambers of their hearts, telling their stories truthfully and tenderly.' Independent Multitudes is the beautiful debut story collection from the acclaimed, prize-winning novelist and playwright Lucy Caldwell From Belfast to London and back again the ten stories that comprise Caldwell's first collection explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Stories of longing and belonging, they culminate with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
192
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
ISBN:
9780571313501
Published Date:
5/5/2016
Dimensions:
216mm x 135mm x 15mm
Weight:
219g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780571313501

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