num_pages: 232
description: House of Splendid Isolation is a newly reissued novel from Edna O’Brien, the author of Girl—“one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend Edition).The heartbreaking dilemmas and the noble and bloody history of Ireland come vividly to life in the tale of Josie, a widow living in a solitary house outside an Irish village, whose home becomes the hideout of an IRA terrorist.
language: English
title: House of Splendid Isolation
titlecomplete: House of Splendid Isolation
genres: Ireland, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens, Historical Fiction, Adult, 20th Century, Irish Literature, Historical, Novels
ratings_count: 1045
places: Ireland
series: Modern Ireland Trilogy
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux