Said the Dead
Ni Ghriofa has created a fascinating literary territory that is entirely her own. In her new book, Said the Dead, a lyric fusion of biography, ghost story, memoir and poetry, she conjures fuller lives for several women named in the casebooks of a defunct asylum ... Its stirring aliveness comes from Ni Ghriofa’s writing, the compressed lyricism and depth of feeling she brings to every scene ... Extraordinary ... Vivid.
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An intimately researched but also wildly imaginative study of lives (mostly female) lived and often concluded during the hospital’s first 70 years or so ... [An] extraordinary formal and ethical force.
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Extraordinary stories ... Despite the urgency and power of the stories, and the overarching structure of Lucia’s time, what Said the Dead lacks in comparison to A Ghost in the Throat is engagement with the author’s own life ... Interesting.
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