| A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories Contributor(s): O'Brien, Edna (Author), Roth, Philip (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0374531099 ISBN-13: 9780374531096 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O ' Brien 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007935713 |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.20 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Brien, Edna: - Edna O'Brien is the author of more than twenty-five books, including The Light of Evening. Born in County Clare, Ireland, she now lives in London.Roth, Philip: - Philip Roth (1933-2018) was the award-winning author of Goodbye, Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint, The Great American Novel, and the books that became known as the Zuckerman Trilogy (The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, The Anatomy Lesson), among many others. His honors include two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, three PEN/Faulkner Awards, the Man Booker International Prize, the National Humanities Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Philip studied literature at Bucknell University, graduating magna cum laude with a B.A., and at the University of Chicago where he received an M.A. From 1955 to 1991, he taught writing and literature classes on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania. In 2005, he was the only third living writer whose books were published by the Library of America. He lived in Manhattan and Connecticut. |