Little Red and Other Stories

by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

‘All she wants is a new country, a new language, new food. New people, new stories ... She wants all this newness – which is as old as the hills – to encourage her, enclose her, remake her... She feels this, though she doesn’t really believe it.’







In these eleven stories, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne draws us into the lives of characters struggling to find equilibrium. Visited by change and crisis, they are forced to confront the stories that define their sense of themselves and their place in the world.







Beautifully written and sharply observed, this dazzling and daring collection is a deft exploration of the complexities of human desire – its darkness, its incoherence, its potential to help us tell a new story.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 22, 2020

About the author

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is a writer and critic. She was born in Dublin in 1954. She attended University College Dublin, where she studied Pure English, then Folklore. She was awarded the UCD Entrance scholarship for English, and two post graduate scholarships in Folklore. In 1978-9 she studied at the University of Copenhagen, and in 1982 was awarded a PhD from the National University of Ireland. She has worked in the Department of Irish Folklore in UCD, and for many years as a curator in the National Library of Ireland. Also a teacher of Creative Writing, she has been Writer Fellow at Trinity College and is currently Writer Fellow at UCD. She is a member of Aosdána.

Eilis Ni Dhuibhne is also known as Eilis Almquist and Elizabeth O'Hara.

Reviews

[Ellie Wakefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed! Was devastated to be out of town for my Irish Lit professor interviewing the author in class, although I instead had the delightful experience of reading the story 'Berlin' while in Berlin. My fave stories from this were Nadia's Cake, Visby & Berlin.

[Marie O'Halloran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb. A true short-story teller. Each story complete in itself, but left me longing for more.