Country girl
By: Edna O'Brien
Publisher: Faber and Faber; Faber & Faber
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780571269433
Subjects: Irish Women authors; Biography
Description: Born in Ireland in 1930 and driven into exile after publication of her controversial first novel, "The Country Girls", O'Brien has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writers of the twentieth century. In "Country Girl" we come face to face with literary 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 the effortless gifts of a master in her ninth decade, Edna O'Brien has recast her life with the imaginative insight of a poet. It is a book of unfathomable depths and honesty.