# Cormac James


## Pages

- [Track and Field](https://cormacjames.com/track-field/): “It was about a mile after that we saw the fire. At first it seemed very far off, like something adrift in the night. It was an old station hotel on a small square on the edge of town. The blaze had hollowed out a little nest for itself in the night, and all around, basking in its glory, stood life-size figures cast in solid bronze. As we approached we slowed to a crawl to watch. Sheets and clothes were hanging out half the windows as if to dry, and a sheet of water was pouring out the front door like water over a weir. The road was covered with pots and teapots, hats and boots, empty wooden boxes, picture frames, lengths of lead pipe, and as we drew near you could hear them go under the wheels one by one. A young woman stood at the side door, solid bronze like all the rest. From up on the roof, the gutters were dripping down around her in globs like rain.”
- [The Surfacing](https://cormacjames.com/the-surfacing/): “That day they hauled across the ice for twelve hours straight, with never more than a few minutes’ pause, until finally Cabot collapsed. It was neither exaggeration nor display. Morgan himself stood clinging to the sledge, knew that without it he would fall. Daly too had let himself crumple to the ground, and Petersen was standing over them, ordering them to get up. He was roaring. He was right. It would be better, afterwards, to be able to say you had still been able to stand. Stretched out on the ice was too much of a concession. You were beaten, with no further asylum. It was your back against the wall.”
- [Writing](https://cormacjames.com/writing/): – Read Trondheim’s opening chapter in Harper’s Magazine. – For thoughts on how I found my way into Trondheim, visit Granta – Notes on Craft. – Thoughts about Trondheim‘s background and process at Largehearted Boy. – Thoughts about The Surfacing in The Irish Times. – A conversation with Philip Hoare, comparing and contrasting The Surfacing and his […]
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- [Home](https://cormacjames.com/): Trondheim In a Norwegian hospital, thousands of miles from home, a foreign student lies in a coma from which he may never wake. At his bedside, his mothers vacillate between extremes of hope, fear, and psychic pain, which push their already troubled relationship towards the edge. A profound exploration of a family in crisis, Trondheim portrays the […]
- [Books](https://cormacjames.com/books/): Trondheim “James’ delicate, incisive novel … captures with forensic accuracy the subtle tensions of a marriage … [in] this extraordinary and meticulous book.” — Kirkus (starred review) The Surfacing “The prose is calm, vivid, hypnotic and acutely piercing … It’s a remarkable achievement.” — Colum McCann Track & Field “Memorably moody and atmospheric … [it […]
- [Trondheim](https://cormacjames.com/trondheim/): Trondheim In Norway, thousands of miles from home, a student drops dead on the street. A passerby revives his heart, but he remains in a coma from which he may never wake. His mothers rush across the continent to his bedside where they endure the strain of helpless waiting. As the tense hospital vigil continues […]
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- [Contact](https://cormacjames.com/contact/): Write to me at: contact@cormacjames.com Representation:Isobel DixonBlake Friedmann Literary Agency15 Highbury PlaceLondon N5 1Q+44 (0)20 7387 0842isobel@blakefriedmann.co.uk
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- [About](https://cormacjames.com/about/): I was born in Cork, Ireland. My previous novel was The Surfacing. My latest is Trondheim. I live in Montpellier, France.


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