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Edna O'Brien

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Novelist

Edna O'Brien is a renowned Irish novelist born on December 15, 1930. Her works are known for their profound emotional depth and unique narrative style, primarily focusing on the experiences of women and social changes. O'Brien has received numerous literary awards, including a Booker Prize nomination.

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Famous Edna O'Brien Quotes

“It is impossible to capture the essence of love in writing, only its symptoms remain, the erotic absorption, the huge disparity between the times together and the times apart, the sense of being excluded.”

Book:Country Girl

Source: Country Girl

“For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert.”

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Author:Edna O'Brien

“Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.”

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“That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.”

Writing Heart Cutting Mystery Affliction

Book:Country Girl

Source: Country Girl

“Writing is like carrying a fetus.”

Author:Edna O'Brien

About the Author

Born: December 15, 1930
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 83

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Books & Sources

Country GirlRelated source material

Seven novels and other short storiesRelated source material

The Light of EveningRelated source material

A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories of Edna O'BrienRelated source material

Saints and SinnersRelated source material

The Country Girls Trilogy & Epilogue [The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, Girls in their married bliss].Related source material

A Scandalous Woman, and Other StoriesRelated source material

The Love Object: Selected Stories of Edna O'BrienRelated source material

A Rose in the HeartRelated source material

August is a Wicked MonthRelated source material

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