Here's a list of the new Irish canon in literature with 25 recent Irish novels plus more Irish fiction suggested by me. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Vulture's article on 'A Modern Irish Canon': [ Ссылка ]


My full reviews of some of these books:
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa: [ Ссылка ]
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry: [ Ссылка ]
Academy Street by Mary Costello: [ Ссылка ]
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney: [ Ссылка ]
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell: [ Ссылка ]
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack: [ Ссылка ]
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín: [ Ссылка ]
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan: [ Ссылка ]
Actress by Anne Enright: [ Ссылка ]
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride: [ Ссылка ]
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray: [ Ссылка ]
Young Skins by Colin Barrett: [ Ссылка ]
The Green Road by Anne Enright: [ Ссылка ]
Milkman by Anna Burns: [ Ссылка ]
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan: [ Ссылка ]
Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey: [ Ссылка ]
Hagstone by Sinead Gleeson: [ Ссылка ]
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan: [ Ссылка ]
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: [ Ссылка ]
Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin: [ Ссылка ]
Before My Actual Heart Breaks by Tish Delaney: [ Ссылка ]
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen: [ Ссылка ]
The Earlie King & The Kid in Yellow by Danny Denton: [ Ссылка ]
The Woodcutter and His Family by Frank McGuinness: [ Ссылка ]
A Line Made by Walking by Sara Baume: [ Ссылка ]
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue: [ Ссылка ]
Multitudes by Lucy Caldwell: [ Ссылка ]
The Lonely Sea and Sky by Dermot Bolger: [ Ссылка ]
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney: [ Ссылка ]
The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell: [ Ссылка ]
Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin: [ Ссылка ]
Green Glowing Skull by Gavin Corbett: [ Ссылка ]
Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea: [ Ссылка ]


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:20 A Ghost in the Throat
4:38 Days Without End
6:05 My Father's House
6:46 Academy Street
8:15 Conversations with Friends
9:22 City of Bohane
9:52 Solace
10:24 The Secret Place
10:50 Hamnet
12:20 Brooklyn
13:21 Solar Bones
13:48 The Rachel Incident
14:15 Nothing Special
14:51 Nora Webster
15:26 Exciting Times
16:08 Actress
16:53 The Spinning Heart
17:29 A Girl is a Half Formed Thing
18:20 The Bee Sting
18:57 Skippy Dies
19:15 Young Skins
20:28 Foster
21:41 Green Road
22:21 Milkman
23:02 Small Things Like These
24:20 Other Irish Fiction Suggestions
26:58 Conclusion

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