A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories

A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories - Paperback

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A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories - Paperback

A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories - Paperback

by Edna O'Brien
$32.99
$32.99

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by Edna O'Brien (Author), Philip Roth (Foreword by)

In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience.

Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice--wondrous, despairing, moving--examining passionate subjects that lay bare the desire and needs that can be hidden in a woman's heart.

Author Biography

Edna O'Brien (1930-2024) was the author of more than twenty-five works of fiction, including The Country Girls, The Little Red Chairs, and The Light of Evening. She received numerous awards, including the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she lived in London for many years.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
ISBN9780374531096
Author Edna O'Brien
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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