Landscape of Loneliness

Brigita Orel has published short stories, essays, academic papers, and poems in numerous journals and anthologies. She studied creative writing at Swansea University in Wales. Her work was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and long and shortlisted for a number of other awards. She also writes for children and her picture book The Pirate Tree was published in 2019 by Lantana Publishing. She lives in Slovenia where she works as literary translator.

A delicately poignant story about the long reach of family silence and shame. — Jasmine Donahaye