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by Lucy Caldwell (Author)
An Irish Times Best Irish Book of the 21st Century
From Belfast to London and back again, the eleven stories in Lucy Caldwell's acclaimed first collection chronicle the heartache, joy, and tenderness of growing up. "[Caldwell] holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters." --Eimear McBride, author of The City Changes Its Face and The Lesser Bohemians With lives caught in the suspense of transition--between city and country; between the crowd and the out; between home and escape; between love and loneliness--Multitudes culminates with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story, as a young woman goes through her first labour and the traumatic days that follow. Deeply affecting, intimate and yet resonant, these are stories that squeeze right into the fractures that end up shaping the course of lives.Author Biography
Born in Belfast in 1981, Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and three previous collections of short stories. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018, she was also the editor of Being Various: New Irish Short Stories in 2019, and has won the E. M. Forster Award, from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Walter Scott Prize among others.
Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN
Publication Date: March 14, 2018
