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Habitat - by Catriona Shine (Paperback)
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- A striking debut novel from one of Ireland's most promising emerging talents 'Marries the cosmic nightmare of Darren Aronofsky's Mother!
- About the Author: Catriona Shine grew up in Ireland and now works as an architect in Oslo.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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A striking debut novel from one of Ireland's most promising emerging talents
'Marries the cosmic nightmare of Darren Aronofsky's Mother! with the sociological portraits of Ken Loach. . . . I've never read anything quite like it' --Colin Walsh, author, Kala Habitat follows seven people over the course of a week as their mid-century apartment building in Oslo inexplicably disappears. The web of neighbors is connected by family relations, long acquaintance, life-long feuds, and glimpses of each other across the communal garden. As they are each affected in different ways, they fail to grasp that this is a shared crisis. The neighbors, in turn, blame and reach out to each other, never seeing the full picture. Their age, profession, origin, and family status all affect how they respond to the crisis in their own apartment, and to what extent help and understanding is available to them. The building components give their own take on being used for the purposes of these people, their voices containing the longer perspective of materials that existed before the building, and which will survive in some form beyond its destruction. This debut examines the evasive responses of these neighbors, their troubles and short-comings, and the lies they tell each other and themselves. Comparable to Kafka's Metamorphosis or Eugène Ionesqo's Rhinoceros in how people respond to an uncanny event, Shine has here written a parable perfectly fit for our uncertain times.Review Quotes
'Truly uncanny - a novel that marries the cosmic nightmare of Darren Aronofsky's Mother! with the sociological portraits of Ken Loach. Chapter by chapter, in the face of forces that are undeniable and elemental, Habitat's domesticated world of rules and regulations deforms itself into something unsettling and eerily recognisable. I've never read anything quite like it.' Colin Walsh, author, Kala 'Shine's gaze is fresh, observant and unsettling. Habitat is an inventive and compelling read, a remarkable debut from an immensely talented writer.' Danielle McLaughlin, author, The Art of Falling 'An uncanny fable of, and for, a disintegrating world - a bold and strikingly original debut from a sophisticated new voice in Irish fiction.' Lucy Caldwell, author, Being Various
About the Author
Catriona Shine grew up in Ireland and now works as an architect in Oslo. Her writing has appeared in The Dublin Review, Channel, Southword and elsewhere. She was awarded the Penfro First Chapter Prize in 2016 and IAFOR Vladimir Davidé Haiku Award in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Prize 2022. She has also been shortlisted for the O. Henry Prize and the McKitterick Prize among others.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Lilliput Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Catriona Shine
Language: English
Street Date: September 17, 2024
TCIN: 1006609731
UPC: 9781843518877
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-6318
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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