The Scattering: A Collection of Short Stories - Softcover

Jaki McCarrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781720320 ISBN 13: 9781781720325

Publisher: Seren, 2013

Synopsis

"...an amazing body of work...this book deserves tremendous success and a very wide readership."
The Reading Life Blog

The Scattering is a collection of nineteen stories, many set on the Irish border, where this London-born author currently lives. These stories explore states of liminality: life on the Irish border, dual identities, emigration, being between states - certainty and doubt, codependency and freedom. Some explore themes of catastrophe and constraint. All explore what it means to be alive in a fraught and ever-changing world. This first collection from prizewinning author and playwright, Jaki McCarrick explores the dark side of human nature, often with a postmodern Ulster gothic twist.

One of the stories The Visit won the Wasafiri Prize for new fiction, and many have been published to much acclaim in literary magazines.

About this title

About the Author

Jaki McCarrick lives in Dundalk and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, gaining a Master of Philosophy Degree, Creative Writing Distinction. Before this Jaki gained a BA Performing Arts, First Class Honours Degree at Middlesex University. She has also completed an RNT Directors Course, 2001.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seren
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781720320
• ISBN 13: 9781781720325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208