Two families inhabit this immersive polyvocal work, an intergenerational saga announced with The Cruelty Men (2018) and continued here as punk rockers and Magdalene laundries spiral into a post-colonial Ireland still haunted by its tribal undertow.
Emer Martin Book order
Emer Martin is a writer whose works delve into the complexities of human relationships and existential questions across diverse settings. Her writing is marked by a strong sense of place and a keen attention to her characters' inner lives. Martin's narratives often oscillate between reality and imagination, exploring themes of identity, displacement, and the search for meaning in a restless world. Her distinctive style, influenced by her background in visual arts, lends her prose a captivating depth and aesthetic quality.
- 2023
- 2017
The Pig Who Danced
- 30 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Exploring themes of acceptance and inclusion, the narrative follows three little pigs who escape from the farm, only to face bullying from crows that claim they don't belong in the woods. Each pig reacts uniquely to the situation: Grisly responds with anger and fear, Mucky with sadness, while Macduff takes a more positive approach. This story highlights the importance of resilience and finding one's place in the world despite adversity.
- 1997
Isolt, a young Irish drifter, falls in with Christopher, and the two run scams, tell tales, and run with a band of vagabonds and junkies, until Isolt becomes determined to escape life as a beggar
