The Dark Side of the Moon by Elizabeth Carty is a collection of prize winning short stories that is well worth a read or two. I came across a copy of this over the Christmas period and while I don't usually tend towards the short story this is very good indeed. Thing about short stories is if you come across a really good one it will stay with you forever and the relationship issues here are picked off to perfection. I remember at one of the "Boyne Readings" somebody whose name escapes me at the moment reading a short story about a situation in the Balkans or somewhere like that, of a kind of Sophie's Choice offered and not taken, and that's an edge few of them even get close to. Elizabeth Carty manages this more than a few times in The Dark Side of the Moon and the mother daughter relationships are very intense. Taken from the intro Elizabeth Carty is a native of Loch Gowna County Cavan and has been living and working in County Meath for the past 25 years. She is three times winner of the George Birmingham Short Story Prize and "The Dark Side of the Moon" was short listed for the UK Writer of the Year in 2008 and that's just some.... Go out and get a copy!
Published by FASTPRINT Publishing Peterborough, England.
2 comments:
I remember reading one of Elizabeth's short stories whenn she was with the writers Circle it was called 'Dancing in the snow ' and yes it was unforgettable
TM
"Dancing in the Snow" is included in the collection. A prize winner in Ballina Festival 2002.
FM.
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