Girl

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Girl
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Edna O'Brien
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571341184
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 18 June 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times, Evening Standard and Financial Times Book of the Year I was a girl once, but not any more . . . A young woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial? 'Astonishing.' - New Statesman 'Raw and transfixing.' - Observer 'Devastating and moving.' - Daily Telegraph

Author Biography

Edna O'Brien has written more than twenty works of fiction. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Arts Gold Medal, the Frank O'Connor Prize and the PEN/Nabokov Award For Achievement in International Literature. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.