CRITICISM – The novelist has no equal when it comes to bringing everyday life and the questions of her heroes to life.
In Country girl (The Pocket Book), her astonishing memoir, Edna O'Brien remembers going to write in the fields on the west coast of Ireland, where she grew up on an isolated farm, near the mouth of the Shannon. His true literary beginnings date from what would become a formidable trilogy.
With the three novels written in London, where she settled in 1958, and published between 1960 and 1964.I cried a lot while writing Country Girlsbut I barely noticed the tears. Either way, they were good tears.“, she also says in her autobiography. The French public was able to enjoy this triple marvel thanks to Julliard, who had them translated immediately after their publication in Great Britain. Before Fayard brought them together in 1988 in a large volume and Sabine Wespieser today added them to her catalog.
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