Moderation: Rebecca Rukeyser
Sonntag · 14:00 – 15:00 Uhr · Kleines Zelt
Veranstaltung in englischer Sprache
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Botschaft von Irland
When a dog uncovers a strange antler in a restored bog, its owner begins a search that leads to an astonishing discovery: not one skeleton, but dozens – the ancient resting place of the Great Irish Elk.
But the bog holds more than relics. Among its finds are prehistoric objects – and the preserved body of a young woman, buried two thousand years ago. Named the Belroe Woman, her story begins to shape the lives of those who encounter her: the man who unearthed her, an archaeologist obsessed with her past, his daughter growing up in her shadow, and a scientist drawn back to the site decades later. »The Red Mouth – an béal rua« is a haunting, lyrical novel about memory, obsession and the pull of deep time – and about what we choose to uncover, and what we leave buried.
Sheila Armstrong is a writer from the north-west of Ireland. She is the author of How To Gut A Fish, a collection of short stories, and two novels, Falling Animals and The Red Mouth. Her work has been translated into over ten languages and nominated for the Irish Book Awards, the Society of Authors Awards, the Edge Hill Prize, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the European Union Prize for Literature.