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(3.56) | 12 | 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 the American Academy of Arts and Letters.… (more) |
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It was when I got here I really realized–I'm here,
—Tyson Gay, American sprinter, on the eve of the London 2012 Olympics  | |
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For my warrior sons, Carlo and Sacher Gébler For my warrior sons,
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It was in a National Health clinic in London and an amiable girl with a mass of brown hair and a foreign accent had tested me for deafness. I was in a National Health clinic in London, and an amiable girl with a mass of brown hair and a foreign accent had tested me for deafness. | |
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▾Book descriptions 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 the American Academy of Arts and Letters. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The publication of Edna O'Brien's memoir is a major literary event/ O'Brien was born in Ireland in 1930, and her brilliant debut novel, The Country Girls, was banned there upon its publication in 1960. Since then she has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writing of the twentieth century.
In Country Girl we come face to face with a life of high drama and contemplation. And along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans - all of whom lend this life, so gorgeously, sometimes painfully remembered here, a terrible poignancy.
In prose which sparkles with effortless gifts of a master, Edna O'Brien has recast her life with the imaginative insight of a poet. This is a book of unfathomable depth and honesty. | |
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