Bøger af Mary Costello

The heart-breaking and evocative debut novel by critically acclaimed Irish writer, Mary Costello

In Barcelona, we meet a cast of characters who live turbulent inner lives. In a Spanish hotel room a marriage unravels as a young wife is haunted by a past love. A father travels to Paris to meet his scientist son and is exposed to his son's true nature. A woman attends a reading by a famous author and comes to some painful realisations about her own marriage.The stories in Barcelona reveal the underlying disquiet of modern life and the sometimes brutal nature of humanity. Whether on city streets, long car journeys or in suburban rooms, we glimpse characters as they approach those moments of desperation - or revelation - that change or reshape fate.

The new novel about love, loyalty and nature, from the author of Academy Street, Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2014

The critically acclaimed story collection from the author of Academy StreetLonglisted for the Guardian First Book Award