Edna O'Brien

Edna O’Brien has written more than twenty-five works of fiction, including The Little Red Chairs and The Light of Evening. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.
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Down by the River
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
Down by the River is a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl, and “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend...
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Available 02/08/2022
Pre-OrderHouse of Splendid Isolation
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
House of Splendid Isolation is a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl, and “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s...
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Available 02/08/2022
Pre-OrderThe High Road
Edna O'Brien
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Love and tragedy converge in a seaside town in The High Road, a newly reissued novel from Edna O’Brien, the author of Girl and “one of the most celebrated writers in...
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Available 09/07/2021
Pre-OrderWild Decembers
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
Wild Decembers is a newly reissued edition of the novel by Edna O'Brien, "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition).
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In the Forest
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
In the Forest is a newly reissued edition of the terrifying novel from "one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world" (The New York Times), Edna O'Brien.
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The Light of Evening
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
The Light of Evening is a newly reissued edition of the novel by award-winning author Edna O'Brien.
In Edna O'Brien's twentieth work of fiction, an elderly widow on her deathbed...
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A Pagan Place
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
A newly reissued edition of this haunting, poetic coming-of-age novel from “one of the great writers...in the English-speaking world” (The New York Times)
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Lantern Slides
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction
“Superb...[Lantern Slides] continues the quest for origin and explanation that has preoccupied...
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Time and Tide
Edna O'Brien
Picador
Picador
A newly reissued novel from the author of Girl, “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend Edition)
“As her...
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The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue
FSG Classics
Edna O'Brien; With a new introduction by Eimear McBride
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A treasure of world literature back in print, featuring a new introduction by Eimear McBride
The country girls are Caithleen “Kate” Brady and Bridget “Baba” Brennan,...
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A Fanatic Heart
FSG Classics
Edna O'Brien; Foreword by Philip Roth
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience.
Her stories portray...
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