By the Bog of Cats

Name: By the Bog of Cats
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571227662
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By Marina Carr

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By the Bog of Cats is a lyrical and timeless play set in the mysterious bogs of rural Ireland. It follows Hester Swane, an Irish traveller deeply connected to her land, who is betrayed by the father of her child. Haunted by her mother's desertion and driven to despair, Hester embarks on a harrowing journey of vengeance as the dark secrets of her past come to light.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for readers interested in poetic drama, Irish culture, and stories that blend myth with realism.

A modern classic by one of Ireland's greatest contemporary playwrights, reissued in a beautiful typographic jacket.

I was born on the Bog of Cats and on the Bog of Cats I'll end me days.

A modern classic by one of Ireland's greatest contemporary playwrights, elegantly rejacketed in Faber Drama's new series design.

Description

Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Marina Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed.

'A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past . . . Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.' - Guardian

'A great play . . . a great work of poetry . . . the word should soon carry across both sides of the Atlantic.' - Independent

By the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1998. It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in November 2004.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571227662

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 December 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main - Re-issue

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 85g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Marina Carr Non-Fiction

About the Author

Marina Carr was brought up in County Offaly. A graduate of University College Dublin, she has written extensively for the theatre. She has taught at Villanova, Princeton, and is currently Associate Professor in the School of English, Dublin City University. Awards include the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Macaulay Fellowship, the E. M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Windham Campbell Prize. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.