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"Growing Islands"
A short story by FABIENNE FAUST
with illustrations by ANTIC-HAM




 Hand bound with thread
Hard cover
13 x 21 cm
24 pages
150 numbered copies
March 2025
28 euros



            Synopsis:

            Jason (Jaz) has to abandon his studies at Trinity College Dublin when he learns
            that his ex is pregnant. He obtains a qualification and returns to his native Luxembourg,
            where he starts pining for his little daughter, Muriel, just as he once did for her mother.

            Oscillating between a landlocked place that has just passed its Heescheverbuet
            (law against soliciting) and a jazzy Dublin, vibrating with the energy of 'learning' and
            possibility, the story explores themes of memory, generosity and their opposites.

            ... they seemed to have forgotton that 'Guttland' once meant 'good earth' as opposed to
            'slate', bad land, hunger, not to mention the red soil in the country's south.
            'For some people here money rhymes with amnesia' Jason thought mournfully.

            Are we islands onto ourselves or is there a possibility that something, a chance
            encounter, a token of kindness or even just a memory of salt, or hunger or hard land
            thins out the gulf between us?





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            Fabienne Faust is a Luxembourg-born writer who has published multi-lingual poetry and prose.
            Her short story Den Ufank, written in her mother tongue, won the Lëtzebuerger
            Kanner- a Jugendbuchpräis in April 2023.
            Born on 11th February, 1978 Fabienne Faust studied literature at the University
            of York, where she wrote poetry reviews for the on-campus literary magazine
            PointShirley. Fabienne Faust's more recent work includes the poetry collection
            Hier - ein Fehlen (Editions Phi, 2020) and the short story collection Die Häuser
            von Drüben (Editions Phi, 2023). Works in English include Journeys, a selection
            of poems published in High Five (Blackfountain Press, Biergerkräiz, 2019)
            and her sci-fi story Summer Flakes, which was short-listed for publication in
            the anthology Aner Welten (Luxembourg, autumn, 2023).

            Antic-Ham is an artist born in Seoul, South Korea, and currently lives on Achill Island,
            Ireland. She is running Redfoxpress with Francis Van Maele and makes artist's
            books using various techniques such as silkscreen, collage, illustrations and
            photography. She has also published books by Luxembourgish authors
            Anne-Marie Reuter (Blue 2020, Red 2024) and Elise Schmit (Blue like a Tangerine 2021)
            with her illustrations.






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