The Dancers Dancing by Ils N Dhuibhne
It is 1972: a group of teenagers, some from Dublin, some from Derry, spend a month in the Donegal Gaeltacht, learning Irish language and culture. A brilliant critically acclaimed novel about growing up.With a delicate touch not unlike Arundhati Roy's in The God of Small Things, Ní Dhuibhne sneaks under the ill-fitting skin of her metamorphosing Derry and Dublin castTheir stories unravel in shifting voices with all the wisdom and perspective of an omniscient narrator.
Ní Dhuibhne's writing is marvellous, building layers of impression until a complex, vital and true-false picture of liberation is revealed.
Her observations are lemon-fresh, her writing beautiful, witty and wry.
Éilís Ní Dhuibne in The Dancers Dancing has produced one of the most compelling and understated exercises in the female Bildungsroman.
-- Declan Kiberd
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin. She was educated at University College Dublin and has a BA in English and a PhD in Irish Folklore. She worked for many years as a librarian and archivist in the National Library of Ireland and now teaches on the MA for Creative Writing at University College Dublin and for the Faber Writing Academy. She is a member of Aosdána. The author of more than twenty books, including five collections of short stories, several novels, children’s books, plays and many scholarly articles and literary reviews, her work includes The Dancers Dancing, Fox Swallow Scarecrow and The Shelter of Neighbours. www.eilisnidhuibhne.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856408601 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856408603 |
| Title | The Dancers Dancing |
| Author | Ils N Dhuibhne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Colourpoint Creative Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2000 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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