Pharaoh's Daughter [Paperback]

Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (Author), Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (Author)

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Text: English

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Wake Forest University Press; Rev Blg Su edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916390535
• ISBN-13: 978-0916390532
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "D'fhag si na maidi ramha agam.", April 24, 2000

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This review is from: Pharaoh's Daughter (Paperback)

I cannot reccomend Ni Dhomhnaill's work highly enough. She is continuing in the tradition established by women like Eavan Boland, Peig Sayers, and Medbh McGuckian--teaching the world that Irish women can write with a beauty and an intensity that must not--and cannot--be overshadowed by their male colleagues. I first read Ni Dhomhnaill in a class in grad school, and have continued to read her work constantly. Her poems are well grounded in the technique of true poetry, and her gift for her native Irish shines through each work. For those readers who haven't had the luxury to learn Irish, the poems in her volumes are translated by some of the most talented Irish poets alive--Seamus Heaney, Medbh McGuckian, John Montague, and Paul Durcan have all lent a hand in the translations. The work itself is steeped in Irish mythology, which Ni Dhomhnaill understands and alludes to deftly, but without overpowering sentimentality. Some shining examples of her talent that appear in the volume are "The Language Issue," "Blodewedd," "Aubade," and "Island." Ni Dhomhnaill is sure to prove herself one of the great writers of the era.