© Shkupi, 2013
This collection of stories is set in Portobello, the author's home for the past 30 years on the edge of Dublin city centre, just inside the Grand Canal. The characters in the stories, too, reflect this position on the margin, failing to fit in fully: Michael, the country boy who drowns himself; Harry, the old Jewish dealer living alone; Frenchwoman Madeleine, longing for love; Liam, the crude but jovial emigrant returning to Ireland for a visit; old Delia with only her cat, Mr Pock, for company.
Through the author’s eyes, and through the eyes of his other characters, we follow his progress meeting old friends, making or trying to make fresh starts, or looking back through the glass of time. Disappointment, happiness, uncertainty lead to the realisation that this place has become what the author had always thought was elsewhere: his home.
The Lilliput Press 2012
Translated into: Albanian
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