In these eleven stories, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne draws us into the lives of characters struggling to find equilibrium. Visited by change and crisis, they are forced to confront the stories that define their sense of themselves. Beautifully written and sharply observed, this daring collection is a deft exploration of the complexities of human desire.
Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty- year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almquist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship, and of how he died.
The 14 stories in this collection demonstrate the breadth of Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's achievement across her writing career, particularly in terms of her depiction of the complex territory of women's lives. They are testament to her enduring talent for weaving stories that draw us in and stay with us in the silence, long after the story has ended.
`Richard Ford says that short stories are daring little instruments, and in this writer's hands they shock and jolt with recognition.' Irish Times. A brilliant and critically-acclaimed collection of short stories by one of our finest Irish writers.
It is 1972: a group of teenagers, some from Dublin, some from Derry, spend a month in the Donegal Gaeltacht, learning Irish language and culture. A brilliant critically acclaimed novel about growing up.
Na příběhu Anny Kareninové transponovaného do dublinského literárního prostředí komentuje irská spisovatelka Eilís Ní Dhuibhne nešvary a neduhy zbohatlého keltského tygra. Satirická kritika „malého rybníka" současné kulturní irské elity je protkaná pronikavými, nemilosrdnými, jazykově vytříbenými postřehy. Nepříliš úspěšná spisovatelka Anna, která většinu času tráví na křtech knih a podobných společenských akcích, zahání nudu manželského soužití a prázdnotu svého života románkem s neodpovědným novinářem Vincym. Mozaika příběhů a postav, zobrazených velmi čtivým a svěžím stylem, přináší nový pohled na věčné téma (rozpadajících se) rodinných a mezilidských vztahů.
Seven of Irelands most accomplished female writers have crafted between them this delightfully entertaining novel. Featuring authors Maeve Binchy and Deirdre Purcell.
Exhilarated and bewildered by the relentless demands of overpowering emotion, the characters in these stories find themselves defenseless against its ultimately wrecking power. Breaking substantial new ground, both for her own work and for the short story form, this collection triumphantly confirms Ni Dhuibhne's place as one of the most questing and courageous voices in modem Irish fiction.
