14 Books Like ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin follows neighbors Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) who’ve a sudden falling out. “The start line was to seize the unhappiness of a breakup, be it a love breakup or a friendship one,” McDonagh said. “Being on either side of that’s an equally horrible place. To deal with the unhappiness of either side as honestly as doable was the primary factor I wished to get proper with this.”

The friendship break-up is about in the course of the backdrop of the Irish Civil Battle, and was filmed in the Aran Islands, off the west cost of Ireland. The next books all grapple with loss, friendship, small communities, Irish historical past, and different themes that weave all through Banshees. So whereas there might by no means be a sequel to this movie, you’ll be able to proceed studying works in an analogous vein: