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Unlegendary Heroes
The poems in the first part of Mary O'Donnell's new collection include a journey back to her South Ulster border past, variations on the theme of landscape and travel, and a number of meditative visions of the rituals of love. Other poems praise the heroism and endurance of human experience, both contemporary and historic, which O'Donnell connects to themes of childhood, love and death. At the same time she undertakes her quest with a characteristic sensuousness which will delight new readers, as well as readers of her previous work.
Empire
Set in a turbulent British empire, these historical stories brim with energy and emotion, taking readers to the remote reaches of early twentieth century Burma to an Ireland in flux. These interconnected stories are filled with humor, insight, and unexpected moments of revelation.
Broken Bodies
The Body of Christ is a traumatised body because it is constituted of traumatised bodies. This monograph explores the nature of that trauma and examines the implications of identifying the trauma of this body. Constructing new ways of thinking about the narratives at the heart of the Christian faith, 'Broken Bodies' offers a fresh perspective on Christian theology, in particular the Eucharist, and presents a call to love the body in all its guises. It offers new pathways for considering what it means to ‘be Christian’ and explores the impact that the experience of trauma has on Christian doctrine.
The Ark Builders
'The Ark Builders' is thoughtful, sensuous and witty, combining the topical with the timeless. One of its themes is that of the aging woman.
Learning from Shenzhen
This multidisciplinary volume, the first of its kind, presents an account of China’s contemporary transformation via one of its most important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen, located just north of Hong Kong. In recent decades, Shenzhen has transformed from an experimental site for economic reform into a dominant city at the crossroads of the global economy. The first of China’s special economic zones, Shenzhen is today a UNESCO City of Design and the hub of China’s emerging technology industries. Bringing China studies into dialogue with urban studies, the contributors explore how the post-Mao Chinese appropriation of capitalist logic led to a dramatic remodeling of the Chinese city and collective life in China today. These essays show how urban villages and informal institutions enabled social transformation through cases of public health, labor, architecture, gender, politics, education, and more. Offering scholars and general readers alike an unprecedented look at one of the world’s most dynamic metropolises, this collective history uses the urban case study to explore critical problems and possibilities relevant for modern-day China and beyond.
Bombshells
"Little gems, as observant as anything in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads."--Guardian
Virgin and the Boy
Virgin, aka Ginnie Maloney, is the rock star. Liberal, extravagant and uninhibited, she is determined to rise to international stardom. Luke O'Regan is the nineteen-year-old who will follow her anywhere - whatever the consequences. When a tragic event draws them together the couple make the mistake of believing that freedom has no price and no moral dimension. What happens is a powerful account of tender, obsessive love, but equally the story of one woman's survival despite the most punishing odds.
Ireland's Harp
The harp became the emblem on Irish coinage in the 16th century. Since then it has been symbolic of Irish culture, music, and politics - finally evolving into a significant marker of national identity in the 18th and 19th centuries. The most important period in this evolution was between 1770 and 1880, when the harp became central to many utopian visions of an autonomous Irish nation, and its metaphoric significance eclipsed its musical one. Mary Louise O'Donnell uses these fascinating years of major social, political, and cultural change as the focus of her study on the Irish harp.
So Far from Home
In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.
Giving Shape to the Moment
This is the first critical assessment of the work of the Irish author Mary O'Donnell, whose principal themes include contemporary Irish society, the position of women in Ireland and the role of the artist. The essays collected here illuminate O'Donnell's role as a humanist writer searching for truth at all costs.
