Christine Dwyer Hickey
Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her latest novel The Narrow Land (2019) won two major prizes in the year 2020 – the Walter Scott Prize for Literary Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. 2020 also saw her novel Tatty (2004) chosen as UNESCOs Dublin One City One Book.
The Narrow Land
Historical Fiction€12.99
Christine Dwyer Hickey
The Narrow Land
This is a story about loneliness and regret and the attempt to hold onto the American Dream in the post-war era. It is also the story of a troubled marriage and a fictional study of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
The Lives of Women
Insightful and full of suspense, this is an uncompromising portrayal of the suburbs and the cruelties brought about by the demands of respectability. A novel that truly makes us think about the lives of women.
Snow Angels, a full-length play.
Part psychological thriller, part ghost story, this is a modern tale, full of tension and mystery. Shot through with black humour, it questions contemporary Ireland and the current lost generation of young men who find themselves trapped by the expectations of society, family, women and self.
Date of First Production
05 March 2014
Production Notes
Produced by Dice Plays.
The House on Parkgate Street & Other Dublin Stories
With her customary wit and empathy, Christine Dwyer Hickey brings us an intimate portrayal of the city and some of its people in these beautifully observed stories, collected here for the first time.
The Cold Eye of Heaven
Epic in scope, rich in detail, and shot through with black humour, The Cold Eye of Heaven is a bitter-sweet paean to Dublin and a unique meditation on the life of one of its people.
Last Train from Liguria
Last Train from Ligura is a tale of displacement and one woman’s life-long struggle for survival. It is also the tale of her grandaughter Anna and how sixty years later she comes to uncover certain facts about her grandmother’s life.
Tatty
Tatty is the story of a Dublin family as told through the eyes of one of its children over a ten year period.
The Gatemaker
The third part of the trilogy opens in the suburb of Crumlin in one of the new corporation estates where the Dancer now lives.
The Gambler
This haunting novel, the second of the trilogy, is set for the most part in Dublin between the wars and is a disturbingly accurate picture of a family’s slow decline.
In Conversation With
International Literature Festival Dublin
Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah discusses his work with Christine Dwyer Hickey.
A Pathway to Ulysses
Dr Silvia Albertezza (University of Bologna) discusses the influence of James Joyce on the novels of Christine Dwyer Hickey and Joseph O’Connor.
Festival of Writing and Ideas
12:20 : The Inheritance of Guilt: Christine Dwyer Hickey in conversation with Olivia O’Leary. 17:55: Radical Empathy: Christine Dwyer Hickey and Ruairi McKiernan discuss the power of narrative.
Listowel Writers’ Week 2021
Journalist and Broadcaster Deirdre Walsh in conversation with novelist Christine Dwyer Hickey will take you through the process. Location, characters, plot, structure, research and, what to do when you finally reach....The End.
In Conversation with Seán Rocks
An evening of conversation and music with RTÉ Radio 1’s cultural guru, Seán Rocks, in partnership with RTÉ Radio 1 Arena Live Show.
Mary Kennedy
In the latest episode of Senior Times podcast Mary Kennedy chats to Christine Dwyer Hickey about her books Tatty and The Narrow Land.
Niall MacMonagle
A special evening with Christine Dwyer Hickey, author of this year’s Dublin One City One Book choice Tatty (New Island).
Emilie Pine
Building a Better World with Words is a series of live digital events that took place throughout June and July 2020, brought to you by Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and Five Leaves Bookshop.
Upcoming
A Pathway to Ulysses
Dr Silvia Albertezza (University of Bologna) discusses the influence of James Joyce on the novels of Christine Dwyer Hickey and Joseph O’Connor.