The City Changes Its Face with Eimear McBride

Sponsored by the Government of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme and Culture Ireland

A part of Words Around the World

Join award-winning Irish writer and “the natural heir to Joyce and Beckett” Eimear McBride as she delves into her new critically acclaimed novel, The City Changes Its Face. It’s 1995. Outside their grimy window, the city rushes by. But in the flat there is only Stephen and Eily. Their bodies, the tangled sheets. Unpacked boxes stacked in the kitchen and the total obsession of new love. Eighteen months later, the flat feels different. Love is merging with reality. Stephen’s teenage daughter has re-appeared, while Eily has made a choice, the consequences of which she cannot outrun. Now they face a reckoning for all that’s been left unspoken—emotions, secrets, and ambitions. Tonight, if they are to find one another again, what must be said aloud? In conversation with Susanna Kwan. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation

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