A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

A Ghost in the Throat

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

224 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction literary poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
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"1773, Cork. A man is ambushed and shot dead. On discovering her husband's murder, an Irish noblewoman drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill's 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' would later be describ...

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