Francine Prose reviews Edna O’Brien’s latest novel, “Girl,” in this week’s issue. In 2000, Robert Sullivan wrote about “James Joyce,” O’Brien’s biography of the avant-garde writer, for the Book Review ...
The great Irish novelist and playwright Edna O’Brien died at the age of 93 on July 27, 2024 after a long illness. A controversial figure from the start, her first novel from 1960, The Country Girls, ...
On the trail of Ralph Fiennes in 1990s Manhattan, the esteemed novelist pays a visit to a burlesque club. By Giulia Melucci Her fiction delivered searing, candid portraits of Irish society through the ...
At first, Edna O'Brien speaks barely above a whisper. The words fall softly, faintly from her lips, blanketing her listener in their rapturous spell. Then like a thunderclap, the words erupt and churn ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Edna O'Brien is an Author with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per program ...
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