Multitudes
Lucy Caldwell
Faber & Faber
<p>'Beautifully crafted, and so finely balanced that she holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.' <b>Eimear McBride</b></p><p>'A writer of rare elegance and beauty, Caldwell doesn't just get inside her characters' minds. She perches in the precarious chambers of their hearts, telling their stories truthfully and tenderly.' <b>Independent</b></p><p><i>Multitudes</i> is the beautiful debut story collection from the acclaimed, prize-winning novelist and playwright Lucy Caldwell</p><p>From Belfast to London and back again the ten stories that comprise Caldwell's first collection explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Stories of longing and belonging, they culminate with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story.</p>