Elaine Feeney erforscht in ihrem Werk die menschliche Erfahrung mit schonungsloser Ehrlichkeit. Ihre Schriften, die Poesie und Prosa umfassen, zeichnen sich durch eine rohe, eindringliche Diktion und einen durchdringenden Blick auf Themen wie Familie, Verlust und die Suche nach Identität aus. Feeney verwebt meisterhaft Vergangenheit und Gegenwart und deckt tiefgreifende emotionale Wahrheiten mit origineller und fesselnder Sensibilität auf. Ihre literarische Stimme ist unverwechselbar und findet Anklang bei Lesern, die ihre Fähigkeit schätzen, die Komplexität des Lebens in all seiner herben Schönheit einzufangen.
Roman | Herzerwärmend und tiefgründig – Auf der Longlist des Booker Prize 2023 | Für Leser von Douglas Stuarts »Shuggie Bain« und Ann Napolitanos »Hallo, du Schöne«
„Die seltsamste aller Zahlen“ erzählt die berührende Geschichte von Jamie O'Neill, einem 13-jährigen Jungen, der seine verstorbene Mutter und den Bau einer Perpetuum-Mobile-Maschine wünscht. An seiner neuen Schule findet er Unterstützung durch Tess und Tadhg, was sein Leben und das seiner Lehrer verändert. Ein Roman über Liebe und Verbundenheit.
Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret.No-one knows not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and certainly not her family. She has confided only in Google and a shiny magpie.But she can't go on like this, tirelessly trying to outstrip her past and in mortal fear of her future. Somehow, Sinéad needs to seize the moment, and maybe then she can learn to be free...
Elaine Feeney brings her poetry to Harvill Secker and Vintage with this powerful, personal, fierce collection about women's lives, bodies, battles and triumphs. From a searing meditation on the experience and aftershocks of a sexual assault - written as a series of unflinching cantos - to poems of love, place and new beginnings, Feeney's voice is strong and clear, challenging and confessional, rooted in her west coast of Ireland heritage while speaking to and with women everywhere.
**PRE-ORDER THE NEW NOVEL BY THE BOOKER-PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF HOW TO BUILD A BOAT** **A 2025 LOOK-HEAD SELECTION IN THE OBSERVER,THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND** 'A superb, multi-generational story told in stunning, poetic prose. Elaine Feeney is one of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers.' SINÉAD GLEESON 'One of the finest writers of her generation ... Feeney will break your heart with her characters but she will also lovingly put it back together again' EDEL COFFEY Claire O'Connor's life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But snatches of her old life are sure to follow her, when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby for work. As Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she'd left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself. Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life - obsessing over the internet, going to work and minding her own business - Tom's return stirs up haunting family memories trapped within the walls of the old house that looms nearby. Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself - and whether finding yourself means facing yourself too. Praise for Elaine Feeney 'AMAZING, EXCITING, VISCERAL' Marian Keyes 'BURSTING WITH TENDERNESS' Douglas Stuart 'RIVETING' Roddy Doyle 'HEART RENDING' Louise Kennedy 'BURSTING WITH SOUL' Lisa McInerney 'BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED AND IMAGINED' Anne Enright 'THRILLING' Nicole Flattery 'FABULOUS' Kevin Barry
