Deirdre Brennan ist eine herausragende Schriftstellerin, deren Werk Poesie, Kurzgeschichten und Drama umfasst. Ihr poetisches Schaffen zeichnet sich durch tiefe Einblicke in die menschliche Erfahrung und einen zweisprachigen Ansatz aus, der ihren Ausdruck bereichert. Brennan verwebt meisterhaft Themen über verschiedene Genres hinweg und bietet den Lesern ein reiches und vielschichtiges literarisches Erlebnis. Ihre Geschichten und Gedichte finden häufig Anklang in nationalen Medien, was ihre universelle Anziehungskraft und ihren literarischen Wert bezeugt.
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.
Swimming with Pelicans / Ag Eitiilt fara Condciir is if major new dual language collection from Deirdre Brennan, one of lreland's foremost writers in both English and Irish. In this collection there are eyocations of memory, poems of war, dispossession and the removal of freedom. Landscapes hold a sense of threat and foreboding, hiding the missing, the murdered, the unbaptised. Dream landscapes feature as background to the hurt for imagination and inspiration. Old deities, Celtic, Hindu. or Mayan break' through consciousness to claim their dues;' and old, languages whisper just beyond the range of hearing. Life's transience—birth, ageing and death, including the death of children and the demolition of the old to make way for the new—is addressed in stunning sequences.
The collection features selected poems in both English and Irish, showcasing four decades of the poet's acclaimed work. It delves into a variety of themes such as birth and women's issues, the beauty of nature, love and imagination, as well as the complexities of war, aging, and death.
In this contemporary drama, five women go to a house party for a cosmetics sale. The women soon learn the cosmetic manufacturer has a special formula laid out for the evening, which they insist on being followed. Dissatisfied with the formula, the women break the rules with consequences they couldn't have imagined.