Description
| Product ID: | 9781529017076 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sweet Home |
| Authors: | Author: Wendy Erskine |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of brilliantly written short stories by an exciting talent from Northern Ireland. <p><b>'A gripping, wonderfully understated book that oozes humanity, emotion and humour.' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>Winner of the 2020 Butler Literary Award </b><br><br><b>Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2019</b><br><br><b>Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019</b><br><br><b>Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the </b><b><i>Sunday Times </i>Audible Short Story Award 2019</b><br><br>‘Wendy Erskine’s first collection, <i>Sweet Home</i> . . . is every bit as good as her early stories in the always astute <i>Stinging Fly</i> magazine promised.’ Jon McGregor, <i>New Statesman</i><br><br>Set in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in <i>Sweet Home</i> lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday lives. A lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing<br>neighbours; a middle-aged teacher becomes obsessed with a young Gaelic football player; and an employer covers for his two employees caught having sex in a public toilet.<br><br>Wendy Erskine offers perfectly formed, brilliantly observed portraits of people trying to carve out a life for themselves, all the while being buffeted by the loss, grief and regret that come their way. Warm, compassionate and funny, <i>Sweet Home</i> captures life in contemporary East Belfast, in all of its forms.<br><br><b>A Book of the Year in the <i>Guardian, </i><i>The White Review, </i></b><b><i>Observer</i>, <i>New Statesman</i>, <i>TLS</i></b>.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-06-25 |
