Plateresca's Reviews > The Shortest Day

'He often felt that he was dealing not with a ruin or a set of remnants but with a living, breathing spirit.'

A sweet rather than scary story about ghosts.
It's touching, slightly humorous, thoughtful... maybe a bit melancholy, but not sad. I was shocked to read in Wikipedia that Colm Tóibín 'does not favour story and does not view himself as storyteller', because it seemed to me that this piece was very much about stories and storytelling.

I loved this (very) short story.

(It's my first book by this author and it seems by the reviews that all his other work is rather heart-rending, is that so?)