Name: Girl
SKU: 53909204
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Author: Edna O'Brien
ISBN: 9781250239914

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edna O'Brien

Publisher

Picador

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781250239914

Synopsis "Girl "

The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.

'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna.' Anne Enright
'Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.' Eimear McBride

'An extraordinary act of imagination.' J.M. Coetzee

'Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.' Colm Tóibín
I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

A young Nigerian woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?

'Astonishing.' New Statesman

'Raw and transfixing.' Observer

'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent

'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times

'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph
*Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020; longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction; shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction; shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020*

Edna O'Brien

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Edna O’Brien is a distinguished Irish novelist and writer, known for her ability to deeply and sensitively explore the inner lives of women, as well as the social and cultural conflicts of Ireland. Her debut work, The Country Girls (1960), marked the beginning of a prolific literary career and is considered a milestone in contemporary Irish literature. This book, along with its sequels, was controversial at the time due to its bold and provocative themes

Among her most notable works are The Country Girls (1960), A Ruined House (1970), and Girl (2019), all framed within the genre of literary narrative. Her career has been widely recognized, establishing her as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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