Name: The High Road
SKU: 53726582
Price: 640.00 TWD
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Author: Edna O'Brien
ISBN: 9780374538804

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edna O'Brien

Publisher

Picador

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.7x2 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9780374538804

Synopsis "The High Road "

Love and tragedy converge in a seaside town in The High Road, a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl and "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition) This richly peopled, compellingly readable novel explores the many lives of women--as mystic, mother, daughter, and lover. There is Iris, with her "winsome wonsome" ways, no longer young; there is Charlotte, a troubled debutante who has fled from society; and there is the narrator, Anna, who feels that her emotional life has folded until she meets a young Spanish girl named Catalina. Set in a seaside enclave on the Mediterranean coast, The High Road is a passionate account of lost love and the return to loving, where currents of regret and loneliness clash with a fiery instinct for survival.

Edna O'Brien

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Edna O’Brien is a distinguished Irish novelist and writer, known for her ability to deeply and sensitively explore the inner lives of women, as well as the social and cultural conflicts of Ireland. Her debut work, The Country Girls (1960), marked the beginning of a prolific literary career and is considered a milestone in contemporary Irish literature. This book, along with its sequels, was controversial at the time due to its bold and provocative themes

Among her most notable works are The Country Girls (1960), A Ruined House (1970), and Girl (2019), all framed within the genre of literary narrative. Her career has been widely recognized, establishing her as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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