The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories

"Whereas Louise Kennedy’s 2022 debut novel Trespasses, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, this collection of stories mostly focuses on the lives of contemporary Irish women at moments of rupture, with settings up and down the island. It is both dark and beautiful, blending Kennedy’s lyrical descriptions of foreboding landscapes with the complex interiority of women who feel hemmed in by marriage, economics and Irish traditionalism."