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Apr 14, 2022 · And so it is with Louise Kennedy's brilliant, mournful and delicate Trespasses, a book of betrayals and violations, of faith, of all the gray between right and wrong. The setting is Belfast, mid 1970s. Bombs, beatings, bedlam are quotidian facts of life in a city torn apart by sectarian violence.
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Mar 30, 2023 · Insightful, humane and utterly determined to find its own freedoms, Trespasses is a bright flare of energy and wit, Kennedy a writer of exceptional empathy, style and skill - Irish Times. An astonishing debut about love, identity and the harsh realities of life in Belfast in the mid 70s - i paper.
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Trespasses is a 2022 debut novel by Louise Kennedy. [1] Set in Northern Ireland, the novel follows a young woman who gets caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion. Trespasses was shortlisted for the 2022 inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize [2] and for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. [3]
Jul 20, 2024 · Louise Kennedy’s debut novel, Trespasses, is not your typical war story. Set against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, the novel delves into the human cost of sectarian conflict through the lens of a young woman named Cushla.
Apr 28, 2022 · An exceptional debut that cements Kennedy’s new status as an author. Trespasses is published by Bloomsbury, at £14.99.
Apr 14, 2022 · Kennedy has written a captivating first novel which manages to be beautiful and devastating in equal measure ― Washington Post. One of the most acclaimed short story writers of recent years is Louise Kennedy and now her first novel, Trespasses, proves she is just as skilled at crafting a longer tale . . .
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Louise Kennedy. Bloomsbury, pp. 220, £14. Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-winning recent film Belfast chronicles the travails of a Protestant family amid sectarian conflict in 1969. Louise Kennedy’s...
