Description
Set around a small family farm on the edge of a bog, a few miles from the river Shannon, Minor Monuments is a collection of essays unfolding from the landscape of the Irish midlands. Taking in the physical and philosophical power of sound and music, and the effects of Alzheimer's disease on a family, Ian Maleney questions the nature of home, memory and the complex nature of belonging. A thought-provoking and quietly devastating meditation on family and loss, and with echoes of Tim Robinson and Tara Westover, Minor Monuments is a beautiful and unique literary experience.
About the Author
Ian Maleney is a writer based in Dublin. Born and raised in Co. Offaly, he works as a freelance arts journalist, primarily for the Irish Times , and as the online editor at the Stinging Fly . His essays have been published by Winter Papers, g orse , and the Dublin Review. He is the founder of Fallow Media, an interdisciplinary publication for music, photography, and long-form writing on the internet. Minor Monuments is his debut.
Reviews
SALLY ROONEY 'Minor Monuments is a beautiful, touching, and extraordinarily intelligent book. I loved every page.' FINTAN O'TOOLE 'Minor Monuments is beautifully poised between the vivid recollection of experience and subtle reflections on the nature of memory itself. Ian Maleney writes with both a poetic serenity and a startling immediacy, a combination as rare as it is absorbing.' EMILIE PINE 'Honest, thoughtful, ambitious - a portrait of the essayist as a young man.' LISA MCINERNEY 'Minor Monuments is brilliant, pulsing with intellect and insight, with each observation composed so beautifully as to be deeply moving. This is the kind of book that changes its reader.' KEVIN BARRY 'These essays are thoughtful, precise, beautifully controlled, and with a nicely wry humour helping us along the way - this is an extremely fine debut.'
Awards
Short-listed for Michael Deon Prize for Non-Fiction 2019 and An Post Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year 2019 and The Butler Literary Award 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9781916434202
Author Ian Malaney
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Tramp Press
Publisher Tramp Press
About the Author
Ian Maleney is a writer based in Dublin. Born and raised in Co. Offaly, he works as a freelance arts journalist, primarily for the Irish Times , and as the online editor at the Stinging Fly . His essays have been published by Winter Papers, g orse , and the Dublin Review. He is the founder of Fallow Media, an interdisciplinary publication for music, photography, and long-form writing on the internet. Minor Monuments is his debut.
Reviews
SALLY ROONEY 'Minor Monuments is a beautiful, touching, and extraordinarily intelligent book. I loved every page.' FINTAN O'TOOLE 'Minor Monuments is beautifully poised between the vivid recollection of experience and subtle reflections on the nature of memory itself. Ian Maleney writes with both a poetic serenity and a startling immediacy, a combination as rare as it is absorbing.' EMILIE PINE 'Honest, thoughtful, ambitious - a portrait of the essayist as a young man.' LISA MCINERNEY 'Minor Monuments is brilliant, pulsing with intellect and insight, with each observation composed so beautifully as to be deeply moving. This is the kind of book that changes its reader.' KEVIN BARRY 'These essays are thoughtful, precise, beautifully controlled, and with a nicely wry humour helping us along the way - this is an extremely fine debut.'
Awards
Short-listed for Michael Deon Prize for Non-Fiction 2019 and An Post Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year 2019 and The Butler Literary Award 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9781916434202
Author Ian Malaney
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Tramp Press
Publisher Tramp Press
