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ABOUT
THE BOOK

On a wild and rugged island cut off and isolated to some, artist Nell finds inspiration for her art. The mysterious Iníons, a commune of women who have travelled from all over the world, consider the island a place of refuge and solace in nature. All the islanders live alongside the strange murmurings that emanate from within the island, a sound almost supernatural – a Summoning as the Iníons call it. One day, a letter arrives at Nell’s door from the reclusive Iníons inviting her to produce a magnificent art piece celebrating their long history. In its creation, Nell will discover things that will challenge everything she thought she knew.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Sinéad
Gleeson

Sinéad Gleeson’s essay collection Constellations: Reflections from Life won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Michel Déon Prize. She is the editor of the award-winning anthologies The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers and The Glass Shore, as well as The Art of The Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories. In 2022, she co-edited This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music with Kim Gordo. Hagstone is her debut novel.

Sinéad Gleeson’s essay collection Constellations: Reflections from Life won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Michel Déon Prize. She is the editor of the award-winning anthologies The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers and The Glass Shore, as well as The Art of The Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories. In 2022, she co-edited This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music with Kim Gordo. Hagstone is her debut novel.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Hagstone is an outstanding novel, a masterpiece of drama, landscape description, and astute character development. The island location is an additional character in the novel and the main protagonist, Nell, is a complex character, who defies convention to live life on her own terms. The community of women who live on the island bring to mind the writing of Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
11/04/2024
Country
Ireland
Original Language
English
Publisher
Harper Collins
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