Edna O'Brien

House of Splendid Isolation (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"One of the most celebrated writers in the English language" presents a novel of two people caught up during Ireland's Troubles (NPR's Weekend Edition).

The heartbreaking dilemmas and the noble and bloody history of Ireland come vividly to life in bestselling and multi-award-winning author Edna O'Brien's House of Splendid Isolation-the tale of Josie, a widow living in a solitary house outside an Irish village, whose home becomes the hideout of an IRA terrorist.

"Here is a study of the nature of war: the sorry operations of love and hate that unite husband and wife, the police and protester, the civilian and the IRA. . . . Ms. O'Brien has gone behind the newspaper headlines of bombings, atrocities and midnight murders and finds there only good intentions, blind devotion, stalemate and ruin. All of it unnecessary, all of it sadly human. This is a brave book." -The New York Times Book Review

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780374721503
• Artikelnr.: 62115672

Autorenporträt

Edna O'Brien (1930-2024) was the author of more than twenty-five works of fiction, including The Country Girls, The Little Red Chairs, and The Light of Evening. She received numerous awards, including the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she lived in London for many years.