A Pagan Place

Author: Edna O'Brien

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Price : $19.98 AUD
ISBN : 9780571270309
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Imprint : Faber & Faber
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Weight (g) : 0.193
Publication date : November 2016
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : December 2016
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Author : Edna O'Brien
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Dewey classification : 823.92
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Description

After leaving for a religious community in Belgium, a young woman remembers her childhood in rural Ireland. She reflects on the rituals of village life, the people she encountered, and the enchanting beauty of the landscape. Her mind then turns to the shocking event that led to her departure.

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From the author of The Little Red Chairs, a new paperback edition of this beautiful and moving novel.

Author description

Since her debut novel, The Country Girls, Edna O'Brien has written more than twenty works of fiction. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Arts Gold Medal and the Frank O'Connor Prize. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.