Our Bookshelf
Browse our Bookshelves, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.
“Kean’s writing is much like the lace Mary crafts in this sublime novel, intricate and delicate, tightly woven,
robust and very finely controlled.”
Rachel Trezise
“Kean has spun an enthralling tale of trauma, redemption, and tangled family bonds: as delicate and complex as
lace itself.”
Carly Holmes
“The intricate patterns… create more than just a beautiful fabric—they spin the very threads of rejuvenation
and hope, but not everything can be healed in one generation.”
Isabel Adonis
Lace
The sequel to the prizewinning novel Salt
In the early 1900s in Wicklow, Ireland, the lives of six year old Mary and her siblings are torn apart when their father dies leaving the family penniless. Mary's mother is forced to travel to Dublin to find work. She places her children in an orphanage for a short stay, which turns into years. Many years later Mary settles in Cardiff with her Welsh/Bajan husband Louis, and is thrilled at the arrival of their first child, Teresa. But the birth of the baby dredges up long hidden memories that Mary must confront before she can bond with her daughter.
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Honno (2024)
Honno (2024)
200 pp
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Honno (2024)
Business Manager, Lynzie Fitzpatrick - press@honno.co.uk
Adolygiadau
“Kean’s writing is much like the lace Mary crafts in this sublime novel, intricate and delicate, tightly woven,
robust and very finely controlled.”
Darllenwch fwy o adolygiadauRachel Trezise