Autor/-in: Barnard Ardglass

Barnard Ardglass brings a scholar's precision and a storyteller's instinct to literary fiction rooted in the traditions, tensions, and hauntings of Ireland. His academic background informs a body of work that balances rigorous observation of social and political history with an abiding respect for the mysteries that resist explanation. Ardglass grew up in a small village in County Donegal, Ireland, where history, politics, literature, and religion were not subjects studied at a remove but forces that shaped everyday life. It was there he first learned how thin the line between fact and fiction could be, and how the stories people tell one another, whether political, spiritual, or supernatural, carry truths that outlast the tellers. That formative experience drives Slow Down, Pilgrim. : Tales of the Living and the Dead, a collection that moves from vivid coming-of-age narratives set in an Ireland now largely vanished to ghost stories drawn from local lore and personal encounters with the uncanny. Having lived in both monarchies and liberal democracies, Ardglass writes with a keen awareness that human nature holds steady across borders; what differs is the degree of social evolution. He now lives with his wife in Forest Hills, New York City, where he continues to explore the unity of nature and the conviction that the imagined life is at least as important as the experienced one. Follow Barnard Ardglass for updates on new releases.