The Three Lives of St. Ciarán

<p>A young girl un-dead and un-alive brought to the shores of Iberia and nurtured to become the saviour of Madrid. A crippled boy drowning in the waters of Loughmichnois called to preserve the secrets of a civilisation. A nun who instigates the bombing of Neo Dublin to reset a futureless people and start afresh.<br />Times of darkness worlds seemingly beyond salvation people who have never known joy. What do they have in common?<br />Three entirely different versions of Saint Ciarán to restore hope faith and brightness for humankind.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>The Three Lives of St Ciarán</em></strong></p><p>Weaving together history myth and dark visions of the future Labarta creates a strange and beguiling exploration of Spanish and Irish identities. This is a beautifully written subversive and endlessly inventive novel.<br />— Naomi Krüger author of May</p><p><em>The Three Lives of St Ciarán</em> manages to be a transgressive page-turning read – &amp; at the same time a deep meditation on gender daughterhood the climate crisis &amp; the deep psycho-mythological connections between Ireland &amp; Spain. Bearing meaning through time like Cloud Atlas as disruptive of gender as The Passion of New Eve the ground tilled by St Ciaran’s multiple narrators is the urgent cultural interface of religion &amp; the body.<br />— Eoghan Walls author of <em>The Gospel of Orla</em></p><p>Exciting and Provocative.<br />— Toby Litt author of <em>A Writer’s Diary</em></p><p>Intricate compelling and clever – I loved this book.<br />— Jenn Ashworth author of <em>Ghosted: A Love Story</em></p>