Irish culture is obsessed with the past. While representations of the past have always been an integral element of Irish culture, they are now one of its most compelling subjects. The tone that chara
The extraordinary #1 bestseller - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon 'Do not read this book in public: it will make you cry' Anne Enright 'Every line pulses with the pain and joy and complexity of an
THE EXTRAORDINARY #1 BESTSELLER - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon'Do not read this book in public: it will make you cry' Anne Enright'Unsparing, formidable, raw. The kind of book you want to give
"To read these essays is to understand the human condition more clearly, to reassess one's place in the world, and to reclaim one's experiences as real and valid." Sunday IndependentIn this dazzling d
This book elucidates the ways the pained and suffering body has been registered and mobilized in specifically Irish contexts across more than four hundred years of literature and culture. There is no