From Maeve of Connaught to President Mary Robinson, this book presents Irish women - known and unknown, real and invented - as their compatriots have described and interpreted them. The editors draw upon mythological tales, letters, biographies, autobiographies, newspapers and official reports, as well as poems, novels, stories, plays, recordings and songs, to create this sympathetic selection. The book includes the writings of Yeats, Joyce, Synge, Clare Boylon, Augusta Gregory, Nora Barnacle, Julia O'Faolain, Cecil Woodham-Smith and Maud Gonne.
Katie Donovan Knihy
Katie Donovan sa vo svojej poetickej tvorbe zameriava na témy spojené s domovom a cestovaním, pričom skúma zložitosť identity a miesta. Jej verše, často zasadené do krajiny, sa vyznačujú dôkladným pozorovaním a empatickým pohľadom na ľudské skúsenosti. Donovanovej poézia sa ponára do hlbín pamäte a dedičstva, ponúka tiché úvahy o tom, čo znamená niekam patriť a odkiaľ pochádzame. Jej jazyk je súčasne intímny aj rezonujúci a pozýva čitateľov k zamysleniu sa nad vlastnými vzťahmi k miestu a domovu.


By turns lyrical and sardonic, this new collection from Katie Donovan is characteristically watery – candid and uncompromising in its refusal to inhabit the safer reaches of the shore. Themes of loss, widowhood and ageing co-exist with observations of her wild garden and its inhabitants, including a mangy fox she helps to survive.