The Light of Evening
Published on 20. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-374-53878-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Light of Evening is a newly reissued edition of the novel by award-winning author Edna O'Brien.
In Edna O'Brien's twentieth work of fiction, an elderly widow on her deathbed in rural Ireland tells the story of her life-a story of love, family, estrangement, and motherhood.
"O'Brien brings together the earthy and delicately poetic: she has the sound of Molly Bloom and the skills of Virginia Woolf." -Newsweek
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-374-53878-1 (9780374538781)
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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.