Orange Horses by Maeve Kelly
The 20 stories that make up Orange Horses, first published as a collection in 1990, richly illustrate the plight of marginalised women in contemporary Irish society. Kelly draws from a variety of personalities and circumstances: an islander fights to eke out an existence for herself and her brother; a Traveller mourns the loss of her unborn child and struggles for economic independence; a nurse in London works to maintain her Irish identity. Orange Horses is a beautiful, sad and funny collection of stories of the undervalued, the oppressed and the quietly heroic.
MAEVE KELLY was born Clare and raised in Dundalk. She studied nursing at St Andrew's Hospital in London and settled in Limerick. She has broadcast with RTü¾Ž–Œ¼, been a guest speaker at conferences and has written novels, short stories and poems, often dealing with women's struggle for equal rights. These include A Life of Her Own (Poolbeg, 1976), Necessary Treasons (Michael Joseph, 1985), Florrie's Girls (Blackstaff Press, 1989) and Orange Horses (Blackstaff Press, 1990). She won the Hennessy Award in 1972 and in 1978 founded Adapt, a Limerick-based shelter for victims of domestic violence. SIMON WORKMAN lectures across several different modules of English Literature at Carlow College including: Introduction to Literary Forms, Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, Creative Writing, 19th Century American Writ- ing, Victorian Poetry and Postmodern Fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780993459207 |
| ISBN 10 | 099345920X |
| Title | Orange Horses |
| Author | Maeve Kelly |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tramp Press |
| Year published | 2016-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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