Kevin Barry est un écrivain irlandais dont les œuvres sont célébrées pour leur voix distinctive et leurs observations acérées du paysage irlandais et de ses habitants. Sa prose navigue souvent entre l'absurde et la réalité brute, capturant magistralement l'énergie indomptée et la mélancolie de la vie moderne. Les nouvelles et les romans de Barry se caractérisent par leur langage inventif, leurs personnages captivants et leur capacité à entraîner les lecteurs dans les profondeurs de la psyché humaine. Sa contribution littéraire réside dans sa représentation rafraîchissante et intransigeante de la société contemporaine.
Set against the backdrop of a tight-knit Irish worker community in Montana, this novel explores a passionate love story between two outlaws. As they navigate their tumultuous relationship, the characters confront societal norms and personal struggles, highlighting themes of rebellion, loyalty, and the quest for freedom amidst adversity. The rich cultural context adds depth to their journey, making it a compelling tale of love and defiance.
At sixty, Kevin Barry embarks on a transformative 67-day road trip across America, seeking adventure and connection after years of family and career commitments. Traveling 11,007 miles with his Subaru and a whimsical GPS, he explores stunning landscapes and meets intriguing people. The journey is filled with nostalgic reunions, unexpected challenges, and moments of beauty, such as spotting a bald eagle in Montana. Throughout, Barry revels in the freedom of the open road and reflects on the complexities of his beloved country.
In this third collection, That Old Country Music, we encounter a ragbag of West of Ireland characters, many on the cusp between love and catastrophe, heartbreak and epiphany, resignation and hope. These stories show an Ireland in a condition of great flux but also as a place where older rhythms, and an older magic, somehow persist.
In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen-- Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs-- sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice's estranged daughter, Dilly, to either arrive on a boat coming from Tangier or depart on one heading there. Their conversations cause them to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals and serial exiles. -- adapted from jacket
He will spend three days alone on his island. That is all that he asks ... John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip. John owns a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. Maybe it is there that he can at last outrun the shadows of his past. The tale of a wild journey into the world and a wild journey within, Beatlebone is a mystery box of a novel. It's a portrait of an artist at a time of creative strife. It is most of all a sad and beautiful comedy from one of the most gifted stylists now at work.
Dark Lies the Island is a collection of unpredictable stories about love and cruelty, crimes, desperation, and hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years'.
'City of Bohane' is a visionary novel that blends influences from film and the graphic novel, from Trojan beats and calypso rhythms, from Celtic myth and legend, from fado and the sagas, and from all the great inheritance of Irish literature.
This award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry summons all the laughter, darkness, and intensity of contemporary Irish life. A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town. Lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity—and a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity, form a remarkably surefooted collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners.Atlantic CityTo the hillsSee the tree, how big it's grownAnimal needsLast days of the buffaloIdeal homesThe wintersongsParty at Helen'sBreakfast wineBurn the bad lampThere are little kingdomsNights at the gin placeThe penguins
