Sunday, December 15, 2024

Edna O'Brien

I wish Dame Edna could enjoy celebrating her 94th today. Perhaps she would tell us that her new book will be about an insane and megalomaniacal criminal who - you could laugh if it didn't make you want to vomit - has been elected President of the allegedly united States of America.

 

Without intending to belittle other writers, for me Edna O'Brien, together with John McGahern, is the greatest Irish author of the past decades. Both had in common their books were banned in Ireland.
Above's interview from 1976 is on her trilogy "The Country Girls".

 

 The interview above's taken in 2012.

And this one after release of ‘The Little Red Chairs’ (2015)

Enjoy!

Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024)
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2 comments:

  1. sa llunaSunday, December 15, 2024 8:21:00 pm

    El meu nivell d'anglès no em permet entendre-ho tot, malauradament. Així que em quedo amb les teves paraules d'admiració, amb la seva biografia i la seva obra.
    Hugs, Sean.

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  2. Elephant's ChildSunday, December 15, 2024 9:22:00 pm

    My 'puter's sound system is broken so I cannot listen to her interviews. Sigh.
    And yes, she was indeed a great writer and her work lives on.

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