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.
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.
A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
480A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
480Paperback(First Edition)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780374531096 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 02/19/2008 |
Series: | FSG Classics |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 480 |
Sales rank: | 516,720 |
Product dimensions: | 8.04(w) x 11.04(h) x 1.25(d) |