Adaptation gets to the heart of Donal Ryan’s modern classic
Ryan is a unique voice in Irish fiction
The Spinning Heart
The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Co Dublin
Rating:****
The 2013 publication of The Spinning Heart launched Donal Ryan as a unique voice in Irish fiction. The novel told the story of a town in recession-doomed Ireland through the eyes of 21 different characters. The overlapping voices offered an all-encompassing perspective on events in the life of the town: family relationships; the insecurities of masculine identity; the contradictory mantles borne by modern ...
