Saturday, May 10, 2008

Somebody, Indeed

Irish memoirist Nuala O’Faolain, author of Are You Somebody?" among several other books, has died of cancer at the age of 68. She was diagnosed six weeks ago, but declined treatment. "As soon as I heard I was going to die, the goodness went from life," she said.

The Irish Times has an obituary.--David E
5/13/08: The Washington Post has posted a longer obituary here. The New York Times' obit is here.

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