6 books by Deirdre Madden
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Overview: Deirdre Madden is from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim. Her novels include The Birds of Innocent Wood, Nothing is Black, One by One in the Darkness, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and Authenticity. Her novel Molly Fox’s Birthday also was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She teaches at Trinity College, Dublin and is a member of the Irish Arts Academy Aosdana.
Genre: General Fiction, Literature
Authenticity
After a brilliant youth, the painter Roderic Kennedy’s life has been overtaken by a series of crises – alcoholism, the failure of his marriage and an estrangement from this three daughters. When he meets Julia Fitzpatrick, it seems as if this period of turbulence and misfortune is at an end.
Hidden Symptoms
Madden evokes life in modern Belfast through her three characters. Kathy and Theresa are university students; Robert, Kathy’s lover, is a journalist. He is an atheist, they are Catholic. Theresa is an intellectual, an activist in spirit, but nearly destroyed by the brutal murder of her beloved twin brother. Robert cares nothing for politics or religion, and in his denial isolates his soul till it is almost incapable even of remembering feeling. Kathy, between these extremes, tries to establish relationships, but finds barriers everywhere. The tensions and frustrations of their lives, reflections of the city, permeate every event, every contact. Madden’s skill as a short story writer is clear in the economy of her novel: every character is sharp, the atmosphere pervasive. This is not a panorma, but a focused glimpse, as through a surgeon’s eye, of a terrible malignancy.
Molly Fox’s Birthday
Dublin. Midsummer. While absent in New York, the celebrated actor Molly Fox has loaned her house to a playwright friend, who is struggling to write a new work. Over the course of this, the longest day of the year, the playwright reflects upon her own life, Molly’s, and that of their mutual friend Andrew, whom she has known since university. Why does Molly never celebrate her own birthday, which falls upon this day? What does it mean to be a playwright or an actor? How have their relationships evolved over the course of many years?
Nothing is Black
Nothing is Black is a beautifully told story of three women who find themselves in a remote part of Donegal at a defining moment in their lives.
Wealthy and successful, Nuala has everything except the peace of mind she so desperately needs. She has come to stay with her cousin Claire, who leads a solitary life as a painter. Anna, Claire’s neighbour, longs for a reconciliation with her estranged daughter.
Through their stories, Deirdre Madden explores the themes of friendship, family and the nature of creativity, confirming her reputation as one of Ireland’s most talented writers.
Remembering Light and Stone
Remembering Light and Stone is a moving study of a young woman coming to terms with herself in a changing world.
‘Not only is Madden’s book a joy to read: it is also a portrait of personal fulfilment, and a telling snapshot of our age.’ The Times
‘One of the most original and disturbing writers since Jean Rhys.’ Independent on Sunday
The Birds of the Innocent Wood
Sisters Sarah and Catherine each have a secret. However, as winter gives way to spring at the bleak and isolated farm where they live with their mother Jane, the burden of these secrets becomes intolerable. Deirdre Madden won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Hidden Symptoms.
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