The Scattering: A Collection of Short Stories - Tapa blanda

McCarrick, Jaki

 
9781781720325: The Scattering: A Collection of Short Stories
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ISBN 10: 1781720320 ISBN 13: 9781781720325
Editorial: Seren, 2013

Sinopsis

The 18 stories in The Scattering explore life on the Irish border, a fraught existence forever influenced by the Troubles. Gazing into the darker side of human nature, Jaki McCarrick examines the themes of dual identity, emigration and being locked between two states: certainty and doubt, codependency and freedom, constraint and catastrophe. The result is a uniquely Ulster take on the Gothic short story.

Of the stories included: 'The Visit' won the 2010 Wasafiri Prize for new fiction; 'The Congo' was shortlisted for the 2009 Asham Award for short fiction; 'Hellebores' was shortlisted for the 2010 Fish Short Story Prize.

"Set mostly on the Irish border, [the stories] touch wistfully on familiar themes (emigration, the Troubles), with curve balls including a story about a time traveller on a mission to save the planet by wiping out mankind."
Metro

"A tender story of mourning and longing."
Tania Hirshmann, The Short Review on 'The Sanctuary'

"An incredible piece of writing... I must, simply must, see more of her work."
Alex Smith, The Frogmore Papers on 'The Badminton Game'

"Jaki McCarrick tells a chilling tale of death and despair."
The Irish Emigrant on 'The Scattering'

Jaki McCarrick lives in Dundalk and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Her poetry appears in magazines like Poetry Ireland Review and Southword, and in 2009 she was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions series of emerging poets. Her first play, The Mushroom Pickers (2005), premiered in London in 2006 and in New York in 2009. In 2009 she won first prize in the Northern Ireland Spinetinglers Dark Fiction competition.

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Acerca del autor

aki McCarrick lives in Dundalk and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, gaining a Master of Philosophy Degree, Creative Writing – Distinction. Before this Jaki gained a BA Performing Arts, First Class Honours Degree at Middlesex University. She has also completed an RNT Directors Course, 2001.
Jaki is a playwright and short story writer who is also working on a novel. She has won many awards for her work including: Winner of the 2005 SCDA National Playwriting Competition for The Mushroom Pickers; Shortlisted for the Sphinx Playwriting Award 2006, Bruntwood Prize 2006, Kings Cross Award 2007 for The Moth-Hour; Shortlisted for the 2009 Adrienne Benham Award for Leopoldville and the 2009 Asham Award for short fiction for The Congo – in this collection. Most recently her short story The Visit, included in the Badlands collection, won the Wasafiri Prize for New Writing in October 2010 and Jaki was declared the first ever winner of the Liverpool Lennon Paper Poetry competition, which she was awarded by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Another story from the collection, Hellbores, was recently shortlisted for both the Fish Short Story award and Bridge House Publishing's World Stopping Event writing prize. Bridge House want to publish that story in a new anthology and it has also appeared in the Irish Pages journal.

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Editorial
Seren
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1781720320
ISBN 13 
9781781720325
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
208
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