An Trodaí / The Warrior

Description

An Trodaí… is a bilingual poetry collection from Dairena Ní Chinnéide. In it, she introduces the persona of An Trodaí, a strong modern woman full of contrasts.

The Warrior is an extraordinary woman, the alter ego of every woman who dares stand her ground. In many ways she is similar to the female heroes of Chinese kung-fu films, who run vertically up walls and engage fiercely in combat on roofs and in the tops of trees. But the Warrior is also a loner, a woman on the edge, a woman who walks the edges of cliffs, staring into the abyss – an abyss that is both internal and external. But she remains fearless. This, Dairena Ní Chinnéide’s first collection of poems, captures the true essence of the Warrior in all women.

–Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill