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In The Mai Carr weaves a century of Irish women’s histories through four generations of seven female characters ranging in age from 100-year-old Grandma Fraochlán, who was born post-Famine in 1879, up to 16 (and 30)-year-old Millie. While the action spans a year and a half from summer 1979 to Christmas Day 1980 the psychic temporality conveys a trans-historicity of women’s experience.
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Sihra, M. (2018). Lakes of the Night: The Mai. In: Marina Carr. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98331-8_3
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