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Beschreibung

The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.

''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there''s no one like Edna.'' Anne Enright
''Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.'' Eimear McBride
''An extraordinary act of imagination.'' J.M. Coetzee
''Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.'' Colm Tóibín

I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

A young Nigerian woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?

'Astonishing.' New Statesman
'Raw and transfixing.' Observer
'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent
'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times
'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph


*Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020; longlisted for the 2020 Women''s Prize for Fiction; shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction; shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020*

The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.

''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there''s no one like Edna.'' Anne Enright
''Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.'' Eimear McBride
''An extraordinary act of imagination.'' J.M. Coetzee
''Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.'' Colm Tóibín

I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

A young Nigerian woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?

'Astonishing.' New Statesman
'Raw and transfixing.' Observer
'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent
'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times
'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph


*Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020; longlisted for the 2020 Women''s Prize for Fiction; shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction; shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020*

Über den Autor
Edna O'Brien
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 240 S.
ISBN-13: 9780571341184
ISBN-10: 0571341187
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Brien, Edna
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Faber & Faber
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 199 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Edna O'Brien
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,192 kg
Artikel-ID: 117391360