Country Girls

Paperback

Main Details

Title Country Girls
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Edna O'Brien
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571340736
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 15 June 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Edna O'Brien's wonderful, wild and moving novel shocked the nation on its publication in 1960. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Country Girls, the play, is a highly theatrical and free-flowing telling of this classic coming of age story. This new edition of The Country Girls was published to coincide with its UK premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre in June 2017.

Author Biography

Since her debut novel The Country Girls Edna O'Brien has written over twenty works of fiction along with a biography of James Joyce and Lord Byron. She is the recipient of many awards including the Irish Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Art's Gold Medal and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland she has lived in London for many years.