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The little red chairs
2017 Nominated

The Little Red Chairs

Edna O’Brien

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

When 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.

 

 

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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Edna
O’Brien

Edna O’Brien (1930-2024) Since her debut novel The Country Girls Edna O’Brien wrote over twenty works of fiction along with a biography of James Joyce and Lord Byron. She was the recipient of many awards including the Irish Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Art’s Gold Medal and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland she had lived in London for many years. She died on  27th July 2024 in London, England.

 

Edna O’Brien (1930-2024) Since her debut novel The Country Girls Edna O’Brien wrote over twenty works of fiction along with a biography of James Joyce and Lord Byron. She was the recipient of many awards including the Irish Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Art’s Gold Medal and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland she had lived in London for many years. She died on  27th July 2024 in London, England.

 

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

In this novel, acclaimed as O’Brien’s masterpiece, a small Irish village is transfixed by a stranger claiming to be a holistic healer. A lonely woman succumbs to his attractions and is launched on a horrifying journey of hardship and redemption as she learns the terrible truth of her seducer’s past.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
02/06/2016
Author
Edna O’Brien
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Nominating Library
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County - United States

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