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IN THE FOREST
by O'Brien, Edna
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0618197303
- ISBN 13
- 9780618197309
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book, that appears UNREAD. Publication date indicated on bottom of front flap as 0302. Edna O'brien is recognized as one of 'the greatest Irish writers of the twentieth century' (Dwight Garner, New York Times)."I want to write thrillingly about desperation," O'Brien has said. With "In the Forest" she has undoubtedly achieved this goal." Brooke Allen, The Atlantic
Synopsis
IN THE FOREST returns to the countryside of western Ireland, the vivid backdrop of Edna O'Brien's previous novel, WILD DECEMBERS. Murder is again the story's climax, but the killer's motives are deeply buried in his psychoses rather than triggered by exterior conflict. Michen O'Kane loses his mother as a boy and by the age of ten is incarcerated for petty crimes in juvenile detention centers, "the places named after the saints." But his problems go beyond early loss and abuse - the killing instinct is already kindled in him. He is christened by fearful neighbors "the Kinderschreck," meaning someone of whom small children are afraid. As in Greek tragedy, there are unwitting victims for sacrifice in the Kinderschreck's world - a radiant young woman, her little son, and a devout and trusting priest, all dispatched to the forest of O'Kane's unbridled, deranged fantasies. Taken from a true story, Edna O'Brien's riveting, frightening, and brilliantly told new novel reminds us that anything can happen "outside the boundary of mother and child," where protection isn't afforded. The villagers of IN THE FOREST see "one of their own sons, come out of their own soil, their own flesh and blood, gone amok." It is an intimate portrayal of both perpetrator and victims - a story that is old, and current, and everywhere.
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- Title
- IN THE FOREST
- Author
- O'Brien, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618197303
- ISBN 13
- 9780618197309
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
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