Room Little Darker by June Caldwell
Room Little Darker explores the clandestine aspects of modern life through jagged, visceral tales of wanton sex, broken relationships and futuristic nightmares in stories both hilarious and profoundly moving.
A work more attentive to – and understanding of – the terrible derangements of simply being alive I have not read in a long time -- Ian Samson, Guardian
Fiercely inventive * Irish Times *
The most important Irish short story collection since Dubliners * Spiked *
A supercharged gothic debut from an Irish writer to watch * Guardian *
A dark debut story collection of jet-black gems * Irish Times *
A number of Irish debut short story collections were published this year; standouts were June Caldwell's Room Little Darker and Elske Rahill's eagerly anticipated In White Ink * Irish Times *
Pure class short stories with a bang of dark off them * Blindboy Boatclub *
A glitteringly dark collection of short stories, one of the best in recent years * Irish Times *
Caldwell brings an ultraviolet gaze to bear on the grubbiness of human hurt and the cruelty of desire -- Elske Rahill, Irish Times
If Dubliners was a realist masterpiece, Room Little Darker is its hyper-realist counterpart, applying Joyce's stated rubric of "scrupulous meanness" to the city's contemporary inhabitants, and a future that's approaching all too fast -- Frankie Gaffney, Irish Times
I remain deeply troubled by June Caldwell's debut collection of short stories * TLS, Books of the Year *
Fiercely inventive * Irish Times *
The most important Irish short story collection since Dubliners * Spiked *
A supercharged gothic debut from an Irish writer to watch * Guardian *
A dark debut story collection of jet-black gems * Irish Times *
A number of Irish debut short story collections were published this year; standouts were June Caldwell's Room Little Darker and Elske Rahill's eagerly anticipated In White Ink * Irish Times *
Pure class short stories with a bang of dark off them * Blindboy Boatclub *
A glitteringly dark collection of short stories, one of the best in recent years * Irish Times *
Caldwell brings an ultraviolet gaze to bear on the grubbiness of human hurt and the cruelty of desire -- Elske Rahill, Irish Times
If Dubliners was a realist masterpiece, Room Little Darker is its hyper-realist counterpart, applying Joyce's stated rubric of "scrupulous meanness" to the city's contemporary inhabitants, and a future that's approaching all too fast -- Frankie Gaffney, Irish Times
I remain deeply troubled by June Caldwell's debut collection of short stories * TLS, Books of the Year *
June Caldwell worked for many years as a journalist before becoming a fiction writer. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen's University Belfast, and lives in Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788542906 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788542908 |
| Title | Room Little Darker |
| Author | June Caldwell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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