Darker with the Lights on: Stories - Hardcover

David Hayden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0995705259 ISBN 13: 9780995705258

Publisher: Little Island Press, 2017

Synopsis

'It s an open secret that David Hayden is one of the most interesting short story writers around. Why it s taken this long for his first collection to be published is beyond me but I, along with anyone with even the vaguest interest in looking at modernism anew, will be queuing up for a copy.' Eimear McBride
Driven ceaselessly, hypnotically forward by a powerful yet seductive narrative force, the stories in this debut collection pull off that rare trick of captivating the reader, while twisting the form into truly new shapes.Like that other Irish master of the form, Joyce, Hayden takes solace from the momentary epiphany - 'There's no resurrection except for in small moments' - as compelling narrative is balanced by an imagist's flair for photographic observation.

Darker With the Lights On introduces a mesmeric new literary talent with seismic potential.

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Review:

'Quietly innovative, subtle of tone, full of feeling - this is a superb debut" - Kevin Barry || "One of the most startlingly brilliant and original debuts I've ever read. Hayden is one hell of a talent." - DAVID COLLARD || "Very, very fine fictions, which captivate and seduce the reader ... Beautiful, luminous, and written with poetic economy and precision.' - DAVID WINTERS --David Winters

About the Author:

David Hayden's writing has appeared in gorse, The Yellow Nib, The Moth, The Stinging Fly, Spolia and The Warwick Review, and poetry in PN Review. He was shortlisted for the 25th RTE Francis MacManus Short Story prize. Born in Dublin, he has lived in the US and Australia and is now based in Norwich, UK, where he is currently working on a novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Island Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0995705259
• ISBN 13: 9780995705258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248