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      The Love Object: Selected Stories of Edna O’Brien

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      Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose.

      The BBC Radio 4 dram...

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      Product ID:9780571282951
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Love Object
      Subtitle:Selected Stories of Edna O'Brien
      Authors:Author: Edna O'Brien
      Page Count:560
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose.

      The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Edna O''Brien''s The Country Girls trilogy begins in August 2019.

      ''Edna O''Brien writes the most beautiful, aching stories of any writer, anywhere.'' Alice Munro

      Spanning five decades of writing, and winning the Frank O''Connor International Short Story Award, The Love Object collects the most luminous stories by Edna O''Brien that have bewitched generation after generation. Here you will find tales of families, feuds, enchantment, despair, and the manifold bonds of love. There are stories about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; always crafted in shimmering prose.

      Her stunning new novel Girl will be published by Faber in September 2019, available to pre-order now.


      Imprint Name:Faber & Faber
      Publisher Name:Faber & Faber
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2014-08-07

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      Weight436 g
      Dimensions198 × 128 × 35 mm