Derek Mahon Quote

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude.


Paris Review' 154, Spring 2000


It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community....

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community....

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community....

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community....