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Edna O'Brien

Forfatterbiografi

Edna O’Brien (født 15. december 1930 i Tuamgraney, Irland, død 27. juli 2024 i London, England) var en irsk forfatter. Hun var bosat i England i længere tid end i hjemlandet, og hendes forfatterskab kredsede ofte om Irland som både hjemstavn og begrænsning, præget af naturskildringer, sociale vilkår, kirkens magt og kønsroller. O’Brien debuterede med romanen The Country Girls (1960), som gjorde hende internationalt kendt. Hun fulgte op med fortsættelser og udbyggede et forfatterskab, hvor især kvinders indre liv og erfaringer trådte frem. Store norske leksikon beskriver også, at hun skrev romaner, noveller, skuespil og manuskripter samt senere autobiografiske værker. A Pagan Place (1970) er en central roman, der vender tilbage til Irland og behandler en pige-/ungdomserindring med en poetisk og erindringsnær fortælleform. O’Brien blev en af de markante stemmer i den engelsksprogede irske litteratur. Hendes betydning knytter sig til den måde, hun satte irske kvinders liv og følelser på litteraturens hovedscene, og til at hun udvidede genrernes og emnernes grænser i en tradition, der ofte var præget af moral og kontrol. Hun modtog desuden flere priser og anerkendelser, bl.a. irske PEN’s lifetime achievement og Frank O’Connor-prisen, og blev afspejlet som vigtig for samtidens og eftertidens læsning af Irland og kvindeliv.

Bøger af Edna O'Brien

Girl
Girl

Bog | Engelsk

The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls. 'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna.' Anne Enright 'Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.' Eimear M

'Night'
'Night'

Bog | Engelsk

A haunting novel from the iconic Irish legend behind The Country Girls trilogy. 'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright 'Novels of heart-breaking empathy, rigorous honesty and peerless

'The Little Red Chairs'
'The Little Red Chairs'

Bog | Engelsk

The legendary Edna O'Brien's tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village 'reminds you why you read books in the first place' ( Observer ). 'The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.' Philip Roth 'E

'August is a Wicked Month'
'August is a Wicked Month'

Bog | Engelsk

Lose yourself in the legendary Edna O'Brien's simmering romantic tale of a woman rediscovering herself on the French Riviera ... 'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright 'Novels

'Country Girls'
'Country Girls'

Bog | Engelsk

Edna O'Brien's wonderful, wild and moving novel shocked the nation on its publication in 1960. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Country Girls, the play, is a highly theatrical and free-flowing telling of this classic coming of age story. T

'James Joyce'
'James Joyce'

Bog | Engelsk

One of Ireland's greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country's greatest novelists: James Joyce - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES. 'As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expe

'James and Nora'
'James and Nora'

Bog | Engelsk

One of Ireland's greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country's greatest novelists: James Joyce and his relationship with Nora Barnacle - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES. 'Both J

'A Pagan Place'
'A Pagan Place'

Bog | Engelsk

From the iconic author of The Country Girls trilogy, a modern Irish coming-of-age classic. 'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright 'Novels of heart-breaking empathy, rigorous honesty an

'Country Girl'
'Country Girl'

Bog | Engelsk

The iconic memoir from the Irish author of the legendary The Country Girls trilogy. 'Get ready to applaud, ladies and gentlemen, because there is no one like her.' Anne Enright 'One of the last great lights of the golden age of Irish literatur

'The Country Girls'
'The Country Girls'

Bog | Engelsk

The groundbreaking debut novel that set the world alight, from the beloved great Edna O'Brien. We want to live. Drink gin. Squeeze into the front of big cars and drive up outside big hotels. We want to go places. Caithleen is a romantic: she dreams of

'High Road'
'High Road'

Bog | Engelsk

Love and tragedy converge in a seaside town in The High Road , a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl and "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition ) This richly peopled, co

'A Pagan Place'
'A Pagan Place'

Bog | Engelsk

A newly reissued edition of this haunting, poetic coming-of-age novel from "one of the great writers...in the English-speaking world" ( The New York Times ) "O'Brien's evocative prose shows the chilling hold that history and the dea

'James Joyce'
'James Joyce'

Bog | Dansk

James Joyces roman Ulysses gælder som et af de absolutte hovedværker i verdenslitteraturen. I år er det 100 år siden romanen udkom. I den anledning udsendes denne fine lille biografi over Joyce i digteren Peter Laugesens oversættelse. James Joyce - der sa

'Country Girl'
'Country Girl'

Bog | Engelsk

"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls , was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'B