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OverviewA woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Couglan's but find - for all the promise of their green georgette, silver shoes and fancy dinner parties - they leave disappointed; an Irishman in North London retraces his life as a young lad with his mates digging the streets and dreaming of the apocryphal gold, an outsider both in Ireland and England, yet he carries the lodestar of his native land. A collection characterised by all of Edna O'Brien's trademark lyricism, powerful evocations of place, and a glorious and an often heart-breaking grasp of people and their desires and contradictions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edna O'BrienPublisher: Faber & Faber Imprint: Faber & Faber Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.257kg ISBN: 9780571270316ISBN 10: 057127031 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 17 February 2011 Recommended Age: From 0 to 0 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsHalf a century after her incendiary debut novel...Edna O'Brien still holds her place as a revealer of the nation's soul. She shows its 'maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious' character, in this latest elegant, uncluttered collection, to have a remarkable, tragic forbearance for suffering...In a lovely flourish, O'Brien scatters her stories with small, beautifully-tended and thrillingly described gardens, as lush as they are sweet-smelling. Some sit on the fringes of the story, others offer respite for characters who stumble across them in passing, but they emerge time and again like little plots of makeshift Edens for the fallen. --Arifa Akbar, Independent (London) Author InformationSince her debut novel, The Country Girls, Edna O'Brien has written over twenty works of fiction along with biographies of James Joyce and Lord Byron. She is the recipient of many awards including the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Art's Gold Medal and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland she has lived in London for many years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |