One is a collection of prose poems set in a school for Travellers, cleverly entitled A lesson in Can't the other is an English translation of her poetry collection Fiacha Fola which will be published as Blood Debts. All that's about to change: two collections in English are out this year. Writers and scholars are well aware of her, but even though much of her work is available in translation and some in dual-language format, she doesn't get as much attention as she deserves. Her Irish language work has won many prizes, and two of her films (one in Irish, one in English) have won prizes at the New York International Film Festival. Who is the most under-rated Irish author?Ĭelia de Fréine is principally a poet, playwright and screenwriter but she also writes fiction and wrote the libretto for Fergus Johnston's opera The Earl of Kildare. And I'll always have a soft spot for A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf – not just for content but for style, and for the graceful, witty expression of the birth of an idea, when it must have been such a headache to pull together.īetter to light a candle than curse the dark. A comfort book for years of living abroad was Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman I've recently taken up with it again, with all the joy of rediscovery. If my life depended on it and I absolutely had to make a choice, I'd probably go for the complete set of The Paris Review Interviews, edited by Philip Gourevitch. How long have we got? I'm a love-the-one-you're-with kind of reader, but I have excellent relationships with previous reads. Oh, and The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett).Īnd what is your favourite book or books now? I used to hide it from her so I could spend as much time with it as I wanted. *Spoiler alert* I howled when Ginger died.Įilis Dillon's Irish Myths and Legends and a book of Greek Myths that belonged to my sister. My brother worked at a riding school and I was mad about horses. What was the first book to make an impression on you?īlack Beauty by Anna Sewell.
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