Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland by Mia Gallagher

Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland by Mia Gallagher

A stunningly written epic novel of by one of Irelands finest living writers.

‘I adored this thrillingly ambitious novel, which is intriguing, strange, yet seductive, too, in such clever and nuanced waysA sheer pleasure to read.’

-- Joseph O'Connor

‘A pitch-perfect rendering of Dublin today and yesterday, a devastating portrait of a family in grief, and a haunting account of the past’s pull on the present. As thrilling and inventive, as it is moving and profound. A major achievement.’

-- Paul Murray

‘There is so much to say about this novel. It is sprawling, but not sloppy; messy, but not a mess. There will be as many readings of it as there are readers. Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland is challenging, it is brave, it is original, it is flawed, it is moving, it is fascinating. It is art.’

* The Guardian *

‘Rich in colour and broad in scope...Gallagher’s writing is brilliant...Though somewhat baffling on the surface, Beautiful Pictures . . . is strangely coherent up close, like a magic-eye picture...a writer who doesn’t miss, or forget, a trick.’

-- Sara Baume * The Irish Times *

‘It would have been easy for Gallagher to turn Geo’s story into a blockbuster bestseller about transgendered identity. However, Beautiful Pictures is more interested in the binaries and doubleness of personal identity; the many lives we all live that produce the fleeting present moment…Comparisons with Joyce are inevitable…a gripping page-turner. David Mitchell fans, for example, will easily fall under its spell.’

-- Sara Keating * Sunday Business Post Magazine *

Mia Gallagher was born in Dublin, where she lives and works. Her debut novel, HellFire, was widely acclaimed and received the Irish Tatler Women of the Year Literature Award in 2007, while her award-winning short fiction has been widely published and anthologised. Mia has received several Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland and has been writer-in-residence in many different environments, both at home and abroad. In a parallel universe, Mia works as a professional actor, performing in theatre, radio and occasionally film. Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland is her second novel and Shift is her first short story collection.

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ISBN 13	9781848405066
ISBN 10	1848405065
Title	Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland
Author	Mia Gallagher
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Island Books
Year published	2016-04-29
Number of pages	496
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