Midwife to the Fairies

by Ni Dhuibhne, Eilis

• ISBN13: 9781855942011
• ISBN10: 1855942011
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Attic Pr

Summary

Eilis Ni Dhuibhne is now recognised as one of the masters of the short story form. Midwife to the Fairies reveals her progress as a story writer over the years since she first began to work in this genre. Ranging from the ultra realistic 'Some Hours in the Life of a Witch' to the surreal fantasy world of 'Fulfilment' and 'The Wife of Bath', the stories describe ordinary and not so ordinary life, and the lives of women in particular, in the feminist and post-feminist era in Ireland. Midwife to the Fairies is a selection of the best stories from the author's first two collections, Blood and Water and Eating Women is Not Recommended, which were published to acclaim in the 1980s, and features three new, previously unpublished works. The short stories are introduced by the eminent literary critic and academic, Dr Anne Fogarty. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Wuff Wuff Wuff for de Valera!	p. 1
The Flowering	p. 9
Midwife to the Fairies	p. 22
The Wife of Bath	p. 31
The Catechism Examination	p. 44
Blood and Water	p. 52
A Visit to Newgrange	p. 63
Night of the Fox	p. 72
Holiday in the Land of Murdered Dreams	p. 83
The Garden of Eden	p. 120
Fufilment	p. 128
Peacocks	p. 143
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