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The Wild Pupil
The Wild Pupil
Kathy D’Arcy
Info
ISBN: 978-1-905374-32-8
Paperback: 64 pages
Price: €12 (+ P&P)
About
Kathy D’Arcy’s second collection, The Wild Pupil, draws on her knowledge and experience as a medical student and doctor. Using the language of medicine and anatomy, the human condition becomes something as dissectible as the literal viscera. Flesh becomes a way of understanding emotion. Connections within the body, the various tissues and organs, mirror the links between individuals. Yet underlining the haunting and abject imagery is a spirit that transcends the body parts examined.
Praise for Kathy D’Arcy
‘I have been struck by two things in particular – the absolute clarity of the style (use of language, handling of syntax, tone, achievement of shape)… and the fascinating concentration on a particular subject – the medical, physical, anatomical, surgical – something most people cannot handle.’ Maurice Harmon
‘D’Arcy’s medical background comes into play in this, her second collection. Sundry body parts and medical complaints are handled in a pithy, witty style, balanced by a serious undercurrent and a clarity that rinses her words’ Jean O’Brien
