Saints and Sinners - Brossura

Edna O'Brien

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ISBN 10: 0571270328 ISBN 13: 9780571270323

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2012

Riassunto

The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls trilogy begins in August 2019. 'Edna O'Brien writes the most beautiful, aching stories of any writer, anywhere.' Alice Munro A woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find - for all the promise of their green gorgette, silver shoes and fancy dinner parties - they leave disappointed; an Irishman in north London retraces his life as a young lad with his mates digging the streets and dreaming of the apocryphal gold, an outsider both in Ireland and England, yet he carries the lodestar of his native land. This classic collection glows with Edna O'Brien's trademark lyricism, powerful evocations of place, and heart-breaking insight into the desires and contradictions of humanity. Edna O'Brien's stunning new novel Girl will be published by Faber in September 2019, available to pre-order now.

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Recensione:

'Fine collection ... it is magnificent when a writer in her eighties can produce a collection of stories so sad yet so fresh and alive that you'd think their author were just setting out.' -- Sunday Times

'Extraordinary ... Saints and Sinners proves yet again that [O'Brien] is ahead of the curve.' -- Evening Standard

'Subversion is what catapulted Edna O'Brien to literary stardom an incredible half century ago and, at the top of her game, she can still cut the ground from under your feet.' -- The Times

'THE grande dame of Irish letters' latest collection of short stories - 11 pearls beautifully strung - evokes both verbally and visually the grace and fine poise of the likes of Patrick Kavanagh, whose weary stoicism finds perfect balance in writing of Ireland "it would never be spring, always autumn / After a harvest always lost." ... The lyrical and moving melancholy behind these potent themes is illuminated by O'Brien's lightness of touch. She exhibits a storyteller's memory for the small detail and a confiding narrative stride which makes for joyous reading.' --Scotland on Sunday

'[The stories] command an impressive breadth and reach, communicating volumes to the reader even when O'Brien's characters say very little.' --Sunday Business Post

Descrizione del libro:

Saints and Sinners, by the award-winning Irish author Edna O'Brien, is the acclaimed new collection of short stories, full of her trademark lyricism, compassion and insight.

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• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0571270328
• ISBN 13: 9780571270323
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224