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Edna O'Brien

Born

in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Irish Free State

December 15, 1930

Died

July 27, 2024

Website

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Edna O’Brien was an award-winning Irish author of novels, plays, and short stories. She has been hailed as one of the greatest chroniclers of the female experience in the twentieth century. She was the 2011 recipient of the Frank O’Connor Prize, awarded for her short story collection Saints and Sinners. She also received, among other honors, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin, and a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Literary Academy. Her 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls, was banned in her native Ireland for its groundbreaking depictions of female sexuality. Notable works also include August Is a Wicked Month (1965), A Pagan Place (1970), Lantern Slides (1990), and The Light of Eve ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 50,749 ratings · 6,695 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Little Red Chairs 3.24 avg rating — 10,308 ratings — published 2015 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 7,436 ratings — published 1960 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl 3.53 avg rating — 7,746 ratings — published 2019 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue 3.90 avg rating — 3,944 ratings — published 1986 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl with Green Eyes (The Country Girls Trilogy, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 2,790 ratings — published 1962 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Country Girl 3.50 avg rating — 2,202 ratings — published 2012 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Forest 3.62 avg rating — 1,757 ratings — published 2002 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls in Their Married Bliss (The Country Girls Trilogy, #3) 3.53 avg rating — 1,756 ratings — published 1964 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Splendid Isolation 3.64 avg rating — 1,131 ratings — published 1994 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	August Is a Wicked Month 3.29 avg rating — 1,223 ratings — published 1965 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Edna O'Brien

The Country Girls Trilogy (3 books)
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3.73 avg rating — 15,927 ratings

Modern Ireland Trilogy (3 books)
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3.65 avg rating — 2,579 ratings

Quotes by Edna O'Brien (?)

“In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things.”
― Edna O'Brien, A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories

tags: comment, depth, emotion, inadequacy

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“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest

tags: philosophical, spiritual

1402 likes

“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.”
― Edna O'Brien

tags: character, irish

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February BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 Books move onto final poll

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

by Matthew J. Sullivan

11 votes, 19.3%

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

9 votes, 15.8%

Exit West

by Mohsin Hamid

9 votes, 15.8%

The Stolen Marriage: A Novel

by Diane Chamberlain

9 votes, 15.8%

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

by Phaedra Patrick

7 votes, 12.3%

My Name Is Lucy Barton

by Elizabeth Strout

7 votes, 12.3%

The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko

by Scott Stambach

2 votes, 3.5%

The Little Red Chairs

by Edna O'Brien

1 vote, 1.8%

The Island

by Victoria Hislop

1 vote, 1.8%

Descent

by Tim Johnston

1 vote, 1.8%

57 total votes

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