Born in Dublin in 1917 to politically active parents, Maeve Brennan's childhood in Ireland was moulded by the cultural ideologies of nationalism and lit by the creative energy of the Abbey and Gate theatres.  Meer

This book offers a critical overview of the effects of space, physical and conceptual, in the works of Irish American author Maeve Brennan. Single and childfree, Brennan’s iconoclastic attitudes to home, family, and womanhood place her work within the canon of radical Irish fiction.  Meer

This book offers a critical overview of the effects of space, physical and conceptual, in the works of Irish American author Maeve Brennan. Single and childfree, Brennan’s iconoclastic attitudes to home, family, and womanhood place her work within the canon of radical Irish fiction.  Meer

‘Ze was niet in staat enig verband te zien tussen haarzelf zoals ze vroeger was en zoals ze nu was, en ze kon niet begrijpen hoe ze eenzaam en bang kon zijn met een man en twee kinderen in huis.  Meer

Maeve Brennan loopt door New York. Ze neemt een taxi, de bus of de ondergrondse en wij lopen met haar mee. We beleven het New York uit de jaren zestig en zeventig dankzij haar weergaloze beschrijvingen.  Meer

The Philip Larkin I Knew traces the author's close friendship with the poet and stretches over his 30 year tenure of office as librarian of the University of Hull.  Meer

In the stories that compose this scintillating collection, Maeve Brennan turns her anatomist's eye to the ugly feelings that teem just beneath the surface of family life - doing so, however, with an attention to detail that makes these unsparing portraits luminous and exquisite.  Meer

In these delightful, melancholy prose sketches Maeve Brennan goes in pursuit of the ordinary, taking us on a tour of the cheap hotels, unassuming restaurants, and crowded streets of New York City.  Meer

A haunting novella from one of the twentieth century's greatest writers  Meer