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He Used to Be Me

He Used to Be Me

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 128 sider

Beskrivelse

‘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.’

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal128
  • Udgivelsesdato09-02-2024
  • ISBN139781848409071
  • Forlag New Island Books
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt150 g
  • Dybde1,2 cm
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    10 cm
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    12,9 cm
    19,8 cm

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