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A ghost in the throat / Doireann Ni Ghriofa.

By: Publisher: Dublin : Tramp Press, 2020Description: 326 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1916434266
  • 9781916434264
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR6114.I44 G46 2020
Summary: "A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ní Ghríofa sculpts essay and auto-fiction to explore inner life and the deep connection felt between two writers centuries apart. In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with its parallels with her own life, and sets out to track down the rest of the story. A devastating and timeless tale about one woman freeing her voice by reaching into the past and finding another's."_-Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Acquisitions 2019-2020 | New Acquisitions August-December 2020
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Loanable Book Library Irish Collection 823 NIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 28/09/2021 000417986

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326).

"A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ní Ghríofa sculpts essay and auto-fiction to explore inner life and the deep connection felt between two writers centuries apart. In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with its parallels with her own life, and sets out to track down the rest of the story. A devastating and timeless tale about one woman freeing her voice by reaching into the past and finding another's."_-Back cover.

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