The late author Nuala O' Faolain in Paris
Extraordinary final odyssey ends for Ireland's finest woman writer
When Nuala O'Faolain was diagnosed with cancer eight weeks ago, she refused treatment and embarked on a last visit to her favourite cultural landmarks. Yesterday her journey ended
wanted to bid farewell, one by one, to some of her favourite pleasures
was one of the leading figures in modern Irish culture
author of the best-selling 1996 memoir Are You Somebody?, embarked on an extraordinary European odyssey
This unconventional response to her illness transfixed listeners who first learnt of it in an intimate radio interview she gave with the prominent Irish broadcaster Marian Finucane
Full of memorable and telling phrases, the interview has been hailed as a testament to the late writer's talent as a communicator
Because as soon as I knew I was going to die soon, the goodness went out of life.'
Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Sicily
confessional memoir exposed the private truths
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