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Fearless
By Cathy Curtis
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Description
O'Brien's upbringing under the shadow of a violent father and devout mother, her tumultuous marriage, and her liberated post-divorce life in Swinging London of the 1960s set the stage for an extraordinary narrative. In addition to chronicling O'Brien's personal life, Fearless explores the controversies surrounding her work, from bans of her books by the Catholic Church in Ireland to her courageous later novels dealing with all-too-timely themes of political violence and sexual violation.
Based on primary sources, Fearless is a comprehensive and engaging biography of one of the most significant writers of our time. It will appeal not only to O'Brien's fans but also to readers interested in the intersection of the intimate lives of women and twentieth-century Irish literature and history.
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"Throughout, Curtis is very much on Edna's side. There is a sense in these pages that she has taken up the cudgel and is fighting battles for her posthumously. ... O'Brien's desperate need for love is treated with a deserving sympathy. She cuts a lonely figure at times, especially in later life when she struggled with money, having always spent too much of it. ... Fearless deserves credit for reclaiming O'Brien's work for the theatre, which tends to be unjustly neglected in favor of her most famous novels. Cathy Curtis excels too in tying threads from her dazzling short stories back to Edna's tangled personal life." - The Irish Independent
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
490
Release Date:
2025-09-09
Publication Date:
2025-09-09
Publisher:
Atmosphere Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN13:
9798891325388
Weight:
685 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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