Cover art for The Love Object
Published
Faber & Faber, September 2014
ISBN
9780571282951
Format
Softcover, 560 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.6cm × 3.5cm

The Love Object Selected Stories of Edna O'Brien by

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Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardSpanning five decades of writing, The Love Object features stories from many of Edna O'Brien's collections; stories that have bewitched generation after generation. Here you will find tales of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. There are stories about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose.

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