"A new edition of Edna O'Brien's stunning first three novels, The Country Girls, Girl with Green Eyes and Girls in their Married Bliss. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the br...
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Ten years on from her last novel, Edna O'Brien reminds us why she is thought to be one of the great Irish writers of this and any generation. When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community ar...
Kate and Baba, two young Irish country girls who have spend their childhood together, leave the safety of their convent school in search of life and love in the city. Kate is dreamy and romantic and yearning for love, while Baba just wants to experience life as a single woman. Al...
Edna O'Brien, the author of "The Country Girls" trilogy, "The Light of Evening," and "Byron in Love," portrays the events, people, emotions, and landscape that contributed to her rich and heady life. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal, and an honorary member of...
"Offers the story of two siblings, brother and sister, and the dangerous newcomer who would try to steal everything they have, in a novel set in the countryside of western Ireland"--Amazon.
A new collection showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway's short stories including his well-known classics, as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick -- introduced by award-winning author Tobias Wolff. Ernest Hemingway, a lit...
Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, 'Girl' is Edna OBriens harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. It is an unforgettable story of astonishing survival and unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.