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by Edna O'Brien; Foreword by Philip Roth

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In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience.

Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice--wondrous, despairing, moving--examining passionate subjects that lay bare the desire and needs that can be hidden in a woman's heart.

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  • Title A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
  • Author Edna O'Brien; Foreword by Philip Roth
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Publication date 2008-02-19
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780374531096 / 0374531099
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Ireland
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Ireland - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007935713
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Edna O'Brien (1930-2024) was the author of more than twenty-five works of fiction, including The Country Girls, The Little Red Chairs, and The Light of Evening. She received numerous awards, including the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she lived in London for many years.
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