Eating Women is not Recommended

by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

From Dublin to Donegal and on to more exotic climes, the women in these stories surprise and delight us with their quirky humour.

190 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1991

About the author

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is a writer and critic. She was born in Dublin in 1954. She attended University College Dublin, where she studied Pure English, then Folklore. She was awarded the UCD Entrance scholarship for English, and two post graduate scholarships in Folklore. In 1978-9 she studied at the University of Copenhagen, and in 1982 was awarded a PhD from the National University of Ireland. She has worked in the Department of Irish Folklore in UCD, and for many years as a curator in the National Library of Ireland. Also a teacher of Creative Writing, she has been Writer Fellow at Trinity College and is currently Writer Fellow at UCD. She is a member of Aosdána.

Eilis Ni Dhuibhne is also known as Eilis Almquist and Elizabeth O'Hara.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting to see how Ni Dhuibhne has changed over the years. This isn't a bad collection, I quite liked it, but you can tell it's an earlier one. There's something not quite as polished about it, but it fits well for the feminist aesthetic in my opinion. Some of the metaphors aren't as subtle as her later work, they're more brash, but in that it kind of captures the "In your face, raging feminist" vibe. In a good way, mind you.

Worth a read if you can find a copy. (RIP Attic Press)

[Mathieu · Rating 2 out of 5]

The eponymous story is about a woman being reproached for having a menstrual blood stain on her pants while she's shopping at a supermarket. Told in a frantic, jolting style.

Not for me