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A review by tjrober2
A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
A beautiful exploration of motherhood, muses, obsessions, narrative, loss, pregnancy, lists,
and everything that is incomplete. Everything feels so urgent and so meditative, simultaneous. It’s almost like so much of this is about a longing to CREATE a narrative of the life of Eibhlín Dubh, and less about what that historical account is or can be. I love how often it goes off on different avenues, but never strays from questions of obsession and motherhood, and it’s so deeply tender and vulnerable, and like so fucking poetic. Loved loved loved.
and everything that is incomplete. Everything feels so urgent and so meditative, simultaneous. It’s almost like so much of this is about a longing to CREATE a narrative of the life of Eibhlín Dubh, and less about what that historical account is or can be. I love how often it goes off on different avenues, but never strays from questions of obsession and motherhood, and it’s so deeply tender and vulnerable, and like so fucking poetic. Loved loved loved.