Gethsemane Day by Dorothy Molloy
"Hare Soup", Dorothy Molloy's first collection of poems, was published by Faber in 2004, just weeks after her sudden and untimely death. Among her papers a group of further unpublished poems was discovered, which continue the concerns of Hare Soup, but include a group of poems written about her last illness. "Gethsemane Day" brings together a selection of Dorothy Molloy's posthumous poetry, all of which was composed within a concentrated span of time. It displays all the satirical verve and lyric drive of "Hare Soup" (beginning with a poem on Barbie dolls), but modulates into a final section of lyrics which confront her illness and imminent death with harrowing lucidity.
"'The essence of Molloy's gift [is] to bring the ordinary modern voice into conjunction with the big issuesHer lines have plenty of resonance... This is one of the reasons why she is so good'. Giles Foden"
Dorothy Molloy was born in Ballina, County Mayo, in 1942, and grew up in County Dublin. She studied languages at University College, Dublin, before going to Barcelona where she worked as a historical researcher, journalist and painter. She returned to Dublin in 1979, where she lived with her husband. Dorothy Molloy died in 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571229765 |
| ISBN 10 | 057122976X |
| Title | Gethsemane Day |
| Author | Dorothy Molloy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2006-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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