Bøger af Mary O'Donnell

Mary O'Donnell's work has been published in Ireland and internationally since 1990, including poetry, four novels, three short story collections, essays and journalism. Her collection Massacre of the Birds (Salmon) appeared in 2020 and is translated and published in Brazilian Portuguese. Other translated work, both poetry and fiction, is available in Hungarian and in Spanish. She has held residencies at the Irish College in Paris, at the Irish College in Leuven and is a member of Ireland's affiliation of artists, Aosdána.

Set in a turbulent British empire, these historical stories brim with energy and emotion, taking readers to the remote reaches of early twentieth century Burma to an Ireland in flux. These interconnected stories are filled with humour, insight, and unexpected moments of revelation.

Features images of women in art, in the grip of cosmetic obsession, in old age and in love. This title attends to the nature of love, loss and continuity, and provides an insight into the complex energies of a struggling global ecology.