Impermanence: What lies north of the border depends on who’s looking
Review of a supple, subtle, surprising selection essay collection edited by Neil Hegarty and Nora M’Sichili
Fine essay: Journalist and author Susan McKay. Picture by Martin McKeown
Eilis O'Hanlon
The danger when writing about Northern Ireland is that the author will feel compelled to make grand, definitive statements to sum up the place, the situation, the people.
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