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(0)Edna O'Brien
2) Girl
A collection of remarkable short stories by one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed and prolific authors
In this collection of eight stories, Edna O'Brien writes lyrically and passionately about women's lives. In "Irish Revel," young Mary yearns for the promise of a sweetheart to hold on to, as a hard life stretches out before her. In "The Rug," a woman becomes consumed with her search for the sender of a mysterious gift. And in the title
...Eschewing her stale life in London, one woman embarks on a journey of independence and sexual liberation on the French Riviera
Separated from her husband, and with her young son away on a camping trip, Ellen decides to flee her lonely London home, naively pursuing "a jaunt into iniquity" along France's Mediterranean coast. But will she find the escape she longs for, or the entrapment she so deeply fears?
In August Is a Wicked Month, Edna O'Brien's
...All three BBC radio dramatisations of Edna O'Brien's coming-of-age trilogy set in 1950s Ireland
Now a much-loved modern classic, The Country Girls Trilogy was fiercely controversial when first published in the 1960s. Banned by the Irish censors and burned by the Church, the books nonetheless achieved widespread acclaim and international success, and launched Edna O'Brien's literary career.
These three BBC radio adaptations follow
A treasure of world literature back in print, featuring a new introduction by Eimear McBride
This omnibus edition includes the novels The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and Girls in Their Married Bliss.
The country girls are Caithleen "Kate" Brady and Bridget "Baba" Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War II. Kate