Molly keane best books5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Two great Anglo-Irish novelists, tossed ashore by the receding waves of Anglo-Ireland just as Irish nationalism achieved its great victory of an independent State: they now seem like beacons of a dissenting light at the edge of the larger Irish history. ![]() Thomas McCarthy with Molly Keane in 1992 ELIZABETH BOWEN and MOLLY KEANE by THOMAS McCARTHY Here, poet Thomas McCarthy explores the novels of Elizabeth Bowen and Molly Keane, in a piece that discusses literature and the world of the Anglo-Irish, and also the importance of friendship. On Trasna, our focus this month will be on Irish writers who have passed on and who are remembered by contemporary writers and scholars. It is traditionally a month in Ireland when we remember those who have passed on, indeed the 1st and 2nd of November are known respectively as All Saints and All Souls days. ![]() The month of November, with its decreasing hours of daylight and lengthening nights, offers an opportunity to turn inwards. ![]() Chris O'Connor Posted in Culture, Literature, Trasna, Ireland 5 ![]()
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