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Skin, Paper, Stone
Maire T. Robinson
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Description for Skin, Paper, Stone
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
‘People think that if they go far away they’ll leave the parts of themselves they don’t like behind. But it doesn’t work like that...’ Stevie moves to Galway to pursue her PhD and takes refuge in the city, and in her relationship with Joe Kavanagh, a charismatic but dispirited artist. Both are looking for something more, but struggle to navigate their way free from the claustrophobia of their lives, the limited circle of acquaintances, the lack of ambition. Escape is the only option, but the surface level of friendliness surrounding them masks a deeper hinterland of jealousy, secrets and violence ... Read more
‘People think that if they go far away they’ll leave the parts of themselves they don’t like behind. But it doesn’t work like that...’ Stevie moves to Galway to pursue her PhD and takes refuge in the city, and in her relationship with Joe Kavanagh, a charismatic but dispirited artist. Both are looking for something more, but struggle to navigate their way free from the claustrophobia of their lives, the limited circle of acquaintances, the lack of ambition. Escape is the only option, but the surface level of friendliness surrounding them masks a deeper hinterland of jealousy, secrets and violence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848403581
SKU
KSG0000841
Shipping Time
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About Maire T. Robinson
MÁIRE T. ROBINSON lives in Dublin City. She graduated from NUI, Galway in 2008 with a Masters in Writing. Since then, her short stories have been published in the Irish Independent, Horizon Review, Crannóg Magazine, Cuadrivio (in Spanish Translation) and the Chattahoochee Review. Máire was nominated for a Hennessy Literary Award in Emerging Fiction in 2012, and was the overall ... Read more
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