Nuala Chonchúir Livres

"In this bilingual collection, Tattoo; Tatú, the hidden stories of both famous and ordinary women are teased out in crafted, often wry, poems; Virginia Woolf's dying moments in 'Virginia's Last Walk', a woman's arranged marriage in 'Cleamhnas 1933'. Nuala Ni Chonchuir works on the economy of language and, in her poetry, tone and sense meld seamlessly with her incisive, fresh word choices. There is a deepened focus and more mature concerns: sensual love and its ability to save ('And Then'); the longevity of grief ('Corcracht/Purpling'); the arresting power of visual art ('Bonjour, Monsieur Gauguin')." Tattoo; Tatú is the stunning debut poetry collection from Nuala Ni Chonchuir. Her poetry was previously collected as "Molly's Daughter" in the acclaimed Arlen House anthology, äDIVAS! New Irish Women's Writing published in 2003.

This volume combines new collections by established authors Deirdre Brennan and Máighréad Medbh with a collection by emerging author Nuala Ní Chonchúir. The diversity of their work reveals much skill and insight with astute observations—sometimes comical, sometimes sad—on the human condition and the world around us.

At the heart of this radical new collection of short stories from award-winning writer Nuala Ní Chonchúir, is an exploration of the pain and pleasure of lose: sexual love, romantic love, the love between parents and their children. Expanding on the concerns of her first short fiction collection, The Wind Across the Grass, her focus in these fictions is on the events that cause relationships to flounder. Set against a backdrop of contemporary Ireland, as well as Europe of the past and present, they are brimming with sensuality, art, secret and loss.

This is a memorable first collection from the award-winning writer, the short stories leave a lasting impression on the mind of the reader.