The Woman Who Had No Voice

Nick Healy Mattern abandons London life and loves to try his luck across the narrow yet infinite Irish Sea. In Dublin, his existence stalls. Unable to love the women he meets and powerless to meet the woman he loves, haunted by adolescent tragedy while overwhelmed by cultural befuddlement, he takes lonely comfort in The Woman Who Had No Voice, an Irishwoman's proscribed autobiography. Hilarious, infuriating Hibernia works its manifold alchemies: horror and humour wrestle Nick down into what it means to be human. At last, ankle-deep in the dirt of 'dark darling Ireland', he must confront the conundrum his passion and emergent compassion have conjured. How will he choose? This critical yet affectionate portrait of 1980s Ireland offers two complete novels in one: separate stories that diverge, echo one another, converge. Each abounds in characters a reader will not soon forget: some trapped in their past's inescapable dungeons, others propelled towards an unexpected freedom. Language-literary, vernacular, exquisite, profane-plays co-protagonist. Quietly at first, plot threads its episodes, its jewels: the tragedy and sporadic comedy of life's deepest difficulties. The Woman Who Had No Voice is volume two of the trilogy that bears its name, and follows Mara's acclaimed Human Child.

• | Author: Ana Mara
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 546 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1540701395
• | ISBN-13: 9781540701398