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The City Changes Its Face

The City Changes Its Face

Literary Fiction
Pages
336
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

A most anticipated novel of 2025 in the Guardian, Financial Times, Irish Times, New Statesman, Independent, Sunday Times, and Stylist "One of the finest writers at work today." ANNE ENRIGHT "Her prose is as haunting and moving as music." ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN "McBride is a cartographer of the secret self, guiding us towards hidden treasure." CLAIRE KILROY "So, all would be grand then, as far as the eye could see. Which it was, for a while. Up until the city, remembering its knives and forks, invited itself in to dine." 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? Love rallies against life. Time tells truths. The city changes its face.

Genres

Literary Fiction

About the author

E
Eimear McBride

Eimear McBride is an Irish author recognized for her distinctive, experimental writing style. Her novella, Hag, offers a dark and atmospheric retelling of a Scottish folk tale. She writes with a unique voice that pushes the boundaries of traditional narrative.