| Night Contributor(s): O'Brien, Edna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618126899 ISBN-13: 9780618126897 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $11.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: Edna O'Brien's classic novel NIGHT takes us through one long, sleepless night with Mary Hooligan. From the center of her bed, "a four poster no less," Mary recalls her fertile past, from her childhood in the Irish countryside to the love affairs she has confronted since leaving for English shores. Wistful, wanton, this erotic reverie shows O'Brien to be one of the foremost heirs to modernism. "Very few writers use language as richly and sensuously . . . There are passages here worthy of Joyce" (Library Journal). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001024480 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.32 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edna O'Brien's classic novel NIGHT takes us through one long, sleepless night with Mary Hooligan. From the center of her bed, a four poster no less, Mary recalls her fertile past, from her childhood in the Irish countryside to the love affairs she has confronted since leaving for English shores. Wistful, wanton, this erotic reverie shows O'Brien to be one of the foremost heirs to modernism. Very few writers use language as richly and sensuously . . . There are passages here worthy of Joyce (Library Journal). |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Brien, Edna: - EDNA O'BRIEN is the author of eighteen works of fiction, including the New York Times Notable Books and Book Sense picks Wild Decembers and In the Forest, and Lantern Slides, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2002 she won the National Medal for Fiction from the National Arts Club. An honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, O'Brien was born and grew up in Ireland and has lived in London for many years. |