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The Little Red Chairs is a 2015 novel by Irish author Edna O'Brien, who was 85 at the time of publication. [1] The novel is O'Brien's 23rd fictional publication. [2]The novel follows an imaginary Balkan war criminal, Dr. Vlad, as he interacts with women in an Irish village.
Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women and their problems relating to men and society as a whole.
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The New York Times gave a mediocre review calling the novel both "a brave book, and if it does not altogether succeed, [and an] attempt nonetheless [that] merits praise." [1] The review notes that the novel is a "dramatic departure" from O'Brien's typical novels, and in that context of experiment "we see her audacity fail and her elegant prose run badly out of control."
Ben Kane (born 1970), historical novelist; Molly Keane (1904–1996) Louise Kennedy ... Edna O'Brien (1930–2024) Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974) Philip Ó Ceallaigh ...
Country Girl is the memoir of Edna O'Brien. Faber and Faber published it in 2012. The title refers to her debut novel The Country Girls, which was banned, burned and denounced upon publication. Country Girl ' s cover is a reprint of the photograph used for O'Brien's 1965 novel August Is a Wicked Month. [1]
The New York Times claims it featured "one of the best author photographs of the 20th century." [1] That cover was reprinted on the cover of her 2012 memoir Country Girl. Upon publication August Is a Wicked Month, as with most of O'Brien's early books, was banned in several jurisdictions, including by Ireland's strict Catholic rulers. [2] [3]