Caitriona Lally
Author
Language
English
Description
Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in--and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she'd been "left by fairies". Now, living alone in Dublin, the neighbors treat her like she's crazy, her older sister condescends to her, social workers seem to have registered her as troubled, and she hasn't a friend in the world. So, she decides its time to change her life: she begins by advertising in the newspaper for a friend. Not just...
Author
Publisher
New Island Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Caitriona Lally's sophomore novel centres around an outsider protagonist, Roy, an Irishman exiled from Ireland to Hamburg for unknown reasons. In his new, simple life he works as a cleaner at the Wunderland miniature exhibition where he is more comfortable meddling in the tiny scenes than he is in interacting with his co-workers and visitors to the museum. To Roy's almost total indifference, his sister Gert visits for a few days, the first of their...