To be reissued with a brand new cover livery The titles in Edna O'Brien's Country Girls Trilogy caused a sensation when they were first published in the 1960s Edna O'Brien's reputation as one of our finest literary novelists Edna O'Brien's most recent book, The Light of Evening was read on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime on hardback publication Controversial novel that challenges the moral standing of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland 'Ireland's greatest female writer' Tatler
Edna O'Brien is the author of 24 books. She was the winner of the 1993 Writers' Guild Prize for Fiction. In 2001 her novel, In the Forest - about a brutal murder on the west coast - caused a furore throughout Ireland and was the subject of a BBC Omnibus film.
She is one of our bravest and best novelists Irish Times O'Brien rises like a lark in the clear air, she sings as she flies Literary Review A gripping love story which will keep the reader guessing to the end and delight Edna O'Brien's many fans Literary Review An impressive book: sinewy, spare, clotted with emotion and written in a well-balanced mixture of clipped, elliptical dialogue and rich description ... Violence, hatred and conflict power the story along with great urgency, which makes this a book best read at a single sitting Mail on Sunday A fine study of primitive passions, of marginal lives frozen in time ... Edna remains the undisputed literary mistress of her territory. She has a perfect pitch for rural dialogue - the emotional inarticulacy, the spiteful humnour Sunday Express You'll turn the pages of this book with the greatest reluctance, and that is because each page is so seductive, so dazzling, you won't want to leave it. Whether the setting is Brooklyn or London or the County Clare itself, richness in detail and atmosphere draws you in. And what novelist in the world can match Edna O'Brien when she explores the human heart? None, I say -- Frank McCourt Ireland's greatest female writer ... moving, dark and engrossing Tatler
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