The Light of Evening
Author(s): Edna O'Brien
With The Light of the Evening Edna O'Brien returns to the world of her first novel, rural Ireland and the relationship between mother and daughter. Whereas her first novel The Country Girls was, as she once said, 'a simple little tale of two girls who were trying to burst out of their gym frocks and their convent, and their own lives in their own houses, to make it to the big city', in The Light of the Evening the mother is dying, her daughter, a writer, is in the aftermath of a rotten marriage. The novel reflects their lives and their relationship down the years.
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Edna O'Brien's name and reputation as one of our finest literary novelists The perceived autobiographical nature of the new novel will lead to huge publicity in advance - and on publication. A rare quote from Frank McCourt: 'You'll turn the pages of this book with the greatest reluctance, and that is because each page is so seductive, so dazzling, you won't want to leave it. Whether the setting is Brooklyn or London or the County Clare itself, richness of detail and atmosphere draws you in. And what novelist in the world can match Edna O'Brien when she explores the human heart? None, I say.'
Edna O'Brien is the author of 19 books. She was the winner of the 1993 Writers' Guild Prize for Fiction. Her recent fiction has been about Irish to;pic - religion, politics, property. Her 2001 novel, In the Forest - about a brutal murder on the west coast - caused a furore in her native Ireland. It was the subject of a BBC Omnibus film.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- : 28 September 2006
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Edna O'Brien
- : Paperback
- : Export / Airport ed
- : 256
