Terenure Library

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“The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true … to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge.”

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“The mind is its own place, and in it self / Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.”

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The Pier is a poem and short film by Pat Boran, shot on East Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin, August 2020

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We think these book titles pretty much sum up 2020! 🙈.......Have you got any you can add?

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2020 Longlist
When the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers’ camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men – but Briseis has a very different tale to tell . . .

About the Author
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and has published fifteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which has been made a CBE for services to literature. She has won awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize and the UK’s highest literary honour, the Booker Prize. She lives in Durham.

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker is on the longlist of the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award. The shortlist will be announced on 3rd September.

Longlisted books can be borrowed from Dublin City Libraries.
To access on BorrowBox:

http://bit.ly/BorrowBoxTheSilenceOfTheGirlsAudio
http://bit.ly/BorrowBoxTheSilenceOfTheGirlsEbook

For more about the longlist: https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/

Librarians' Comments
Once again Pat Barker proves to be a master of telling stories about war and women’s stories. Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand

An incredibly powerful reworking of the story of Troy told from the perspective of the women in the tale. It gives voice to the characters who are usually reduced to a footnote or cypher in Greek myth and denied their own voice or story. The novel is told from the perspective of Briseis, who is given as a prize to Achilles during the Trojan Wars. The writing is atmospheric and descriptive, and vividly depicts the fate of those caught in conflict and the way in which their stories can be silenced by the victors. Nottingham City Libraries, England

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30 August 2013, we lost Seamus Heaney, one of Ireland’s finest writers. His words continue to inspire, connect and touch people all around the world. You can discover more about the life and works of the poet at our exhibition Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again.

What is your favourite poem by ?

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