Three reviews
Homesickness; mansionz 2; The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher
Homesickness
Colin Barrett
Grove Atlantic, 2022
Colin Barrett has been heralded as one of Ireland’s finest young writers, despite his being 42, despite his being kind of a hack. The stoic Irish types in Homesickness are beset by violence or absurdity, yet remain unvaryingly stoic. An old farmer shoots a young trespasser, and the villagers keep about their …
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