Bernard MacLaverty
Praise for Blank Pages and Other Stories
MacLaverty locates the precise point where life bleeds into art, and art into life...like the best writers through the ages, he is confident and questioning, engaged and wise.
Hilary Mantel
This fine collection reaffirms MacLaverty's place among the greatest short story writers of his generation.
Observer
I can't think of another living writer whose attention to the small acts and seemingly inconsequential details of our lives unlocks so much emotional truth.
Carys Davies
MacLaverty locates the precise point where life bleeds into art, and art into life...like the best writers through the ages, he is confident and questioning, engaged and wise.
Hilary Mantel
This fine collection reaffirms MacLaverty's place among the greatest short story writers of his generation.
Observer
I can't think of another living writer whose attention to the small acts and seemingly inconsequential details of our lives unlocks so much emotional truth.
Carys Davies
MacLaverty locates the precise point where life bleeds into art, and art into life...like the best writers through the ages, he is confident and questioning, engaged and wise.
Hilary Mantel
This fine collection reaffirms MacLaverty's place among the greatest short story writers of his generation.
Observer
I can't think of another living writer whose attention to the small acts and seemingly inconsequential details of our lives unlocks so much emotional truth.
Carys Davies