The Little Red Chairs
Oct 2015 · Faber & Faber
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The legendary Edna O'Brien's tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village 'reminds you why you read books in the first place' ( Observer).
'The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.' Philip Roth
'Extraordinary . . . Courageous.' J.M. Coetzee
'Fierce and beautiful.' Anne Enright
'Exemplary.' Colm Tóibín
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences.
'Magnificent' ( Sunday Times)
'Beautiful' ( Financial Times)
' Enthralling' ( Times)
'Extraordinary' ( Independent)
' Astonishing' ( New Yorker)
'The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.' Philip Roth
'Extraordinary . . . Courageous.' J.M. Coetzee
'Fierce and beautiful.' Anne Enright
'Exemplary.' Colm Tóibín
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences.
'Magnificent' ( Sunday Times)
'Beautiful' ( Financial Times)
' Enthralling' ( Times)
'Extraordinary' ( Independent)
' Astonishing' ( New Yorker)
The legendary Edna O'Brien's tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village 'reminds you why you read books in the first place' ( Observer).
'The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.' Philip Roth
'Extraordinary . . . Courageous.' J.M. Coetzee
'Fierce and beautiful.' An...
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Mandi Hughes
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September 11, 2016
Very thought provoking
About the author
Edna O'Brien wrote more than twenty celebrated works of fiction, including her classic The Country Girls trilogy, as well as plays and four works of non-fiction, which have been translated into over thirty languages. Her final novel Girl was awarded the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year in 2020. She was the recipient of many honours, including the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature, as well as being appointed an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. In 2021, O'Brien was also named Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she lived in London for many years before her death in July 2024.
Edna O'Brien wrote more than twenty celebrated works of fiction, including her classic The Country Girls trilogy, as well as plays and four works of non-fiction, which have been translated into over thirty languages. Her final novel Girl was awarded the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year in 2020...
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