Böcker av Caitlin Galway

An arresting, vividly imaginative collection of stories, each capturing the complexity of intimacy and wounded inner worlds. In "The Lyrebird's Bell," infatuation and violence grow between girls in the enchanting wilderness of post-war Australia, as they escape their families by spinning disturbed fantasies. The title story follows the passionate bond between two young men in the midst of the 1968 French student revolts, while they navigate - and at times resist - the philosophical and emotional nature of love. In "The Islanders," an orphaned boy and his estranged aunt are thrown suddenly together, on a quiet peninsula, at the height of the Irish Troubles - with their deeply rooted fear and anger attracting the attention of shape-shifting phantoms of war. All five long-form stories are uncanny portraits of pained resilience, from a voice defined by its unique beauty, insight, and resonance.A RARE MACHINES BOOK

Caitlin Galway's Bonavere Howl is Bayou Gothic, filled with beautiful and atmospheric writing. --Alix Hawley, author of All True Not A Lie In It, Giller-longlisted and Amazon.ca First Novel Award book In true Southern Gothic tradition, Caitlin Galway manages to both unnerve and enchant, cloaking the reader in the perilous sticky heat of the Bayou. This gorgeously layered tale, the story of two mesmeric sisters--one who disappears, and the brave, audacious Bonnie who goes in search of her--haunted me for days. --Carolyn Smart, author of Hooked [A]n astonishing debut novel. This story's lush world, pulsing through ghostly spaces, will hook you. The sheer layered sensuousness of Galway's story will ? make it difficult to put down this book's haunted swamp-world of family secrets. Galway is an extraordinary writer. Gothic deep south, in the hands of a poet. Totally gorgeous. ?Jeanette Lynes, author of The Factory Voice (which was long-listed for the Giller) and The Small Things that End the World