The Little Red Chairs

£9.99

by O’Brien, Edna | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 02/06/2016 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 320 pages

ISBN: 9780571316311 Category:

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The legendary Edna O’Brien’s tale of a mysterious stranger spellbinding an Irish village ‘reminds you why you read books in the first place’ (Observer).

‘The great Edna O’Brien has written her masterpiece.’ Philip Roth’Extraordinary . . . Courageous.’ J.M. Coetzee’Fierce and beautiful.’ Anne Enright’Exemplary.’ Colm Tóibín

ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES’ TOP 100 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYWhen a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences. ‘Magnificent’ (Sunday Times)’Beautiful’ (Financial Times)’Enthralling’ (Times)’Extraordinary’ (Independent)’Astonishing’ (New Yorker)

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Weight 0.262 kg