Edna O’Brien geldt als een van de grootste chroniqueurs van de vrouwelijke ervaring in de twintigste eeuw. Haar oeuvre, dat romans, korte verhalen en toneelstukken omvat, duikt diep in de intieme levens van haar personages. O’Brien schuwde de thema’s van vrouwelijke seksualiteit en maatschappelijke beperkingen niet, wat haar zowel lof als controverse opleverde. Haar kenmerkende stem en diepgaande begrip van de menselijke psyche maken haar tot een blijvende literaire figuur.
From eccentric Joanna's boarding house, predatory Baba roams Dublin looking for men to give her a good time - and dragging with her a reluctant Cait, worrying about her figure and wanting to talk about books. Then she meets dark, long-faced Eugene Gaillard, a film director, and for a while Cait's romantic dreams seem to be fulfilled. But Eugene Gaillard is a Protestant divorce, and when Cait's drunkard father gets to hear of it, he summons a lynch mob.
The acclaimed author describes her convent school education in Ireland, the scandal that ensued upon the publication of her first novel, and the wild 1960s parties that introduced her to people from all walks of life.
O'Brien's latest novel charts the quick and critical demise of relations between "the warring sons of warring sons" fighting over inherited land in the countryside of western Ireland.
This novel tells the story of two Irish girls, Caithleen Brady and Bridget Brennan, and their escape from a life filled with countryside and convent to the allure and the crowds, lights and noise of Dublin.
