Derek Mahon Flashcards
1
Q
Grandfather
A
‘wounded but humourous’
‘discreetly up to no good’
‘as cute as they come’
2
Q
After the titanic
A
‘I sank as far that night as any hero’
‘I drown again’
‘I now hide in a lonely house behind the sea’
3
Q
A disused shed in county Wexford
A
‘Peruvian mines’ ‘Indian compounds’
‘One star in their firmament’
‘Or at least not close the door again’
4
Q
A Chinese Restaurant in Portrush
A
‘A girl strides…/light footed, swinging a book bag’
‘old wolfhound dozes’
‘under a framed photograph of Hong Kong’
5
Q
Kinsale
A
‘Is a thing of the past’
‘A future forbidden to no one’
6
Q
Antarctica
A
‘pretending not to know’
‘he is just going outside’
