Country girls

by Edna O'Brien

864 pages

Published February 4, 2026

About the author

Edna O’Brien was an award-winning Irish author of novels, plays, and short stories. She has been hailed as one of the greatest chroniclers of the female experience in the twentieth century. She was the 2011 recipient of the Frank O’Connor Prize, awarded for her short story collection Saints and Sinners. She also received, among other honors, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin, and a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Literary Academy. Her 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls, was banned in her native Ireland for its groundbreaking depictions of female sexuality. Notable works also include August Is a Wicked Month (1965), A Pagan Place (1970), Lantern Slides (1990), and The Light of Evening (2006). O’Brien lived in London until her death.

Reviews

[Elorri · Rating 3 out of 5]

C’était bien, l’énergie des deux persos principales est puissante et fait qu’on ne lâche pas ce pavé. Après, même si je peux voir ce que ça avait de renversant à sa sortie, ça a quand même un peu mal vieilli sur certains points… Mais ça reste une chouette lecture !