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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In the Forest In the Forest Edna O'Brien O'Brien has long been drawn to stories from real-life in modern Ireland. In this novel she is inspired by the murders of Imelda Riney, her son Liam and the Catholic priest Father Joe Walsh. As with h… OL21217985W
Wild Decembers Wild Decembers Edna O'Brien " ... charts the quick but sure demise of relations between 'the warring sons of warring sons' ... in the countryside of western Ireland."--Back cover. OL21890079W
In the forest In the forest Edna O'Brien Een psychisch gestoorde man vermoordt in het westen van Ierland drie mensen. OL24271715W
The country girls trilogy and epilogue The country girls trilogy and epilogue Edna O'Brien The country girls are Caithleen “Kate” Brady and Bridget “Baba” Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War… OL69252W
House of splendid isolation House of splendid isolation Edna O'Brien An elderly Irish woman develops a relationship with an escaped IRA terrorist who has sought refuge in her home in O'Brien's 14th novel. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. OL69254W
The Light of Evening The Light of Evening Edna O'Brien From WorldCat: From her Dublin hospital bed, an ailing elderly woman recalls the important events and people of her life, from her emigration to America in the 1920s, to her Irish marriage, to mother… OL69262W
Wild Decembers Wild Decembers Edna O'Brien "Charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugler, 'the warring sons of warring sons,' in the countryside of western Ireland." -- Jacket. OL69264W
A pagan place A pagan place Edna O'Brien In A Pagan Place, Edna O’Brien returns to Ireland, the uniquely wonderful, terrible, and peculiar place she once called home. After leaving to join a religious community in Belgium, a young woman rem… OL69266W
Night Night Edna O'Brien 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 childhoo… OL69269W