The Country Girls Trilogy

Name: The Country Girls Trilogy
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The Country Girls; The Lonely Girl; Girls in their Married Bliss

By Edna O'Brien

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The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien follows the captivating journey of two young Irish women, Caithleen and Baba, as they navigate friendship, love, and the search for independence in mid-20th-century Ireland. Through their adventures and missteps, the trilogy paints a vivid picture of the challenges and changes in their lives and society, exploring themes of freedom and identity. O'Brien's storytelling captures the complexities of growing up and the evolving dynamics of their relationship.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in richly crafted narratives about friendship, love, and self-discovery set in mid-20th century Ireland. The story follows two young women as they navigate the complexities of growing up and finding their place in a changing world, beautifully capturing the nuances of female friendship and the quest for independence.

The Country Girls Trilogy

Edna O'Brien's iconic first novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and Girls in their Married Bliss - published as a trilogy with a new foreword by Eimear McBride.

Edna O'Brien's 'fabulous' (Anne Enright) beloved classics plunge us into the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland - with a foreword by Eimear McBride.

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Edna O'Brien's first novel The Country Girls and its sequels The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss changed the temperature of Irish literature in the 1960s.

The characters of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan have inspired generation after generation of readers and writers, as we see them struggling against the confines of a rural Irish convent school; revelling in the bright lights of Dublin; and weathering the unexpected challenges of married life in London.

The passion, artistry, and courage of Edna O'Brien's vision in these novels—tender portraits of innocence and youth, love and passion, dreams and reality—resonate into the twenty-first century, and are illuminated by Eimear McBride's new foreword.

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The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien receives high praise for its vivid portrayal of the complexities of friendship and woman's search for identity in mid-20th-century Ireland. Critics commend O'Brien's deft storytelling and rich character development, noting how she captures the societal constraints and personal struggles with poignancy and insight. The trilogy is celebrated for its emotional depth and lyrical prose, recognized as a significant work in modern Irish literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571352906

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 573g

Pages: 704

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About the Author

Edna O'Brien has written more than twenty works of fiction and non-fiction, most recently the bestselling novel The Little Red Chairs. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Arts Gold Medal, and the Ulysses medal, as well as the Frank O'Connor Prize. Born and raised in Ireland, she has lived in London for many years, and was recently appointed a Dame of the British Empire for her services to literature.

Eimear McBride is the author of two novels: The Lesser Bohemians (James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, Irish Novel of the Year, the Goldsmiths Prize, and others). She was the inaugural creative fellow at the Beckett Research Centre, University of Reading and occasionally writes for the Guardian, TLS, New Statesman and the Irish Times.