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In White Ink
In White Ink
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Elske Rahill short stories In White Ink.ÊLink for Purchase: http://headofzeus.com/book/white-ink-2
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\nMotherhood, nurture and violence Ð these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink. Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth in ways that few others writers have attempted. Here is a biting realism, in the relations between men and women and in the expectations and failures of their assigned roles.
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\nEach story is illumined by moments of harsh poetry. They are carefully crafted snapshots of our condition. In the title story, an isolated young mother is locked in to a custody battle with her abusive husband; 'Right to Reply' shows three generations of women confronting the terrible legacy of their family's past; in 'Toby', a woman obsessed with hygiene finally snaps, when she finds her home is infested with fleas. The precision of Rahill's prose, the stoicism of her unflinching narrative gaze, reveal characters caught up in violently emotional situations.
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\nThe version of motherhood found here is painful. Yet its endurance, as nature's greatest force, is brilliantly and compassionately rendered.
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\nPraise for In White Ink
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\n'These stark, brave and powerful stories could only have come from Elske Rahill, one of the most interesting writers to come out of Ireland in the past decade. Her eye for the savage truths of how people, particularly women - particularly mothers - must navigate the territory allowed to them is original, determined and necessary.' Belinda McKeon
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\n'This is the real stuff,Êno doubt about it.Ê A collection of beautifully balanced short stories written in prose which is both visceral and exquisite in its emotional unrest and intimacy.' Mike McCormack
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\n 'Rahill writes pain and pathos and disillusion very beautifully;ÊIn White InkÊis a fine and enthralling collection.' Sara Baume
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\n'Elske RahillÕs sentences are relentlessly heat-seeking. Her prose takes risk upon risk, and a marvellous dark clarity governs the worlds inside her stories.' Mary O'Donoghue
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