- Brothers and sisters, Farm life, Fiction, Ireland
" ... charts the quick but sure demise of relations between 'the warring sons of warring sons' ... in the countryside of western Ireland."--Back cover.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Edna O’Brien
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 257
- Publisher
- G.K. Hall, Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781299884304
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Josephine Edna O’Brien (Tuamgraney, 1930–London, 2024) was an Irish writer. She was known for her novels and short stories exploring women’s experiences and social conflicts. Her work The Country Girls (1960), which addressed sexual and social issues, broke taboos in post-war Ireland and brought her international recognition. --- Josephine Edna O’Brien (Tuamgraney, 1930–Londres, 2024) fue una escritora irlandesa. Destacó por sus novelas y relatos sobre la experiencia femenina y los conflictos sociales. Su obra The Country Girls (1960), al abordar temas sexuales y sociales, rompió tabúes en la Irlanda de la posguerra y le dio reconocimiento internacional.
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