He Used to Be Me

di Anne Walsh Donnelly (Autore)

New Island Books, 2024

‘I sit on the stone that will mark the bed of my bones. You’ll find the used-to-be-me, soon, flat body, washed up, wrinkly skin. No silly grin. You’ll say, What a waste of a life. Tut-tut sounds jump out. Dangle like worms from your crow’s mouth ...’ Meet Daft Matt, the Mayo man at the heart of this astonishing, form-bending story, as he wanders the streets of Castlebar in search of Devil’s feet – the claw marks of the cága, or jackdaws, who have spoken to him since he was a boy. Yet Matt is anything but daft. In lyrical prose, Walsh Donnelly explores the complex workings of Matt’s inner life: how he deals with the loss of his twin brother as a child, navigates the carefree days of early manhood and copes with the aftermath of the horse-riding accident that would see him incarcerated in the care system for the next thirty years. Richly imagined and beautifully written, this is a story for anyone who chooses to look beyond the surface of things. ‘I used to think those claws were the only things that kept me above sea-level.’

• Autore: Anne Walsh Donnelly
• Editore: New Island Books
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 128 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 150 gr.
• EAN: 9781848409071

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