Queer Whispers; Gay and Lesbian Voices of Irish Fiction by Jose Carregal

Queer Whispers; Gay and Lesbian Voices of Irish Fiction by Jose CarregalBefore gay decriminalisation in 1993, there was no solid gay or lesbian tradition in Irish writing, due to the political and cultural dominance of a conservative, censorious Catholic ideology that conflated itself with notions of national identity and social respectability. Praised today as a beacon of gay rights, Ireland has become the first nation to legalise same sex marriage by popular vote in 2015. Significantly, whereas in the recent past there

we study the truly iconic works and turbulent lives of artists like Munch and Klimt

with simplicity and clarity

Welcome to Buenos Aires

it’s everything: their families

she makes fascinating forays into colonial legacies in the flower garden

Zooey is the only one who might be able to save her

before betraying her out of jealousy

fully revised

'The greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' New Yorker

extending this into a consideration of traditional Irish responses to overcoming our fear of death

Her subsequent battle to make a life for herself and the solace Eger found in helping others are reflected on in this triumphant memoir

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