The Last of the Light (Hardback)

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The Last of the Light

A book of night notes, memories, short stories and images from the Loop Head peninsula 

Winner of the 2023 CAP Award for Independently Published Authors (Anthology)

(Beautifully produced, this hardback book has a linen-like textured cover with a raw, embossed silver motif that echoes throughout. It has a striking, visually discreet logo and a flow of silky, pleasurable pages. 120 pages, 28 colour images.)

The Last of the Light is a book that stands apart, offering you its raw and eloquent beauty. 

Steeped in the images, textures, characters and lore of the Loop Head peninsula, the book is alive with stories and meditations carefully crafted from vividly lived experience. Salted with prose and poetry lyrically drawn from the shadowlands of memory, history, place — the book juts out like a headland.

Personal and historical currents move amidst its deep waters. It reads, in parts, like a vibrant hymn to a holy place. It reads, too, as a vital document of identity, a search for authentic living, and an ode to the soul-nourishing power of the wild.

It is also an ironclad testament to the enduring bond of brotherhood: Beneath the pieces flows a quiet, submerged narrative —a minor chord of loss for one absent brother, whose light still lingers everywhere.

You will find it hard to put down. And it will echo in your heart for a long time after.

Reviews/comments:

“… a moving and beautiful book … I read it right through in one sitting … the short stories have the immediacy of direct reporting – a most convincing achievement. This book is beautifully produced, with some really outstanding and evocative photography.”

Michael Viney (Irish Times contributor, broadcaster, film-maker and natural-history author)

“Marvelous word works … writes with real power.”

Thomas Lynch (American poet & essayist)

“The winner stood out. It’s an exceptional book by any standards – and I mean any standards. Not only is the book beautifully written, which it is, but the production values are sky high: the magnificent photographs, the beautiful font, the gorgeous paper, the beautiful cover, the quality of the cover, the endpapers … Short stories, thoughts, memories … it’s impossible to convey exactly the content of the book, but I do recommend you all to read it – it’s a beautiful experience, and I’d like to congratulate Marc and thank him for writing and producing such a wonderful book.”

Orna Ross, Irish novelist, poet and founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). (Citation, as Winner of the 2023 Carousel Aware Prize for Independently Published Authors (Anthology).)

'This is a hybrid work, combining several different modes and genres and disciplines, but they all work together to weave a complete picture of a place and the people who inhabit . . . The book is exemplary in its voice and writing style . . . The voice, the local color, the texture of the scenes are all vivid and interesting . . . The book layout and design and printing are top notch . . .This is a beautiful book with very little that could be done to improve it . . . ' 

Judge, 31st  Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards.