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Mrs Reinhardt
60 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Edna O'Brien
112 books1,370 followersEdna 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.
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March 30, 2023
3,5*
# Irish Readathon 2023
Em Edna O’Brien elogio sempre a escrita no pouco que já li dela, mas as personagens femininas que constrói desconcertam-me nas suas relações com os homens. Nestes dois contos protagonizados por Mrs. Reinhardt, temos uma mulher ingénua casada há 15 anos, que se deixa enganar e iludir por dois homens.
Em “Number Ten” há um casamento que só sai da monotonia durante o sono.
Everything began to be better for Mrs. Reinhardt from the moment she started to sleepwalk. Every night her journey yielded a fresh surprise.
Quando voltamos a encontrar a protagonista no conto seguinte, ela passeia pela Bretanha para tentar recuperar de um desgosto e conhece um jovem americano que a faz sentir-se novamente desejada.
They talked for a long time. They talked of courage, the different courage of men and women. The courage when a horse bolts, or the car in front of one just crashes, the gnawing courage of every day. She said men were never able to say “finito”. “Damn right”, he said.
Em ambos os contos há, portanto, um curto escape a que se segue uma longa desilusão.
She had a little weep. For what Mrs. Reinhardt weep – for beauty, for ugliness, for herself, for her son in America, for Mr. Reinhardt who had lost his reason.
Number Ten -3,5*
Mrs. Reinhardt – 3,5*
# Irish Readathon 2023
Em Edna O’Brien elogio sempre a escrita no pouco que já li dela, mas as personagens femininas que constrói desconcertam-me nas suas relações com os homens. Nestes dois contos protagonizados por Mrs. Reinhardt, temos uma mulher ingénua casada há 15 anos, que se deixa enganar e iludir por dois homens.
Em “Number Ten” há um casamento que só sai da monotonia durante o sono.
Everything began to be better for Mrs. Reinhardt from the moment she started to sleepwalk. Every night her journey yielded a fresh surprise.
Quando voltamos a encontrar a protagonista no conto seguinte, ela passeia pela Bretanha para tentar recuperar de um desgosto e conhece um jovem americano que a faz sentir-se novamente desejada.
They talked for a long time. They talked of courage, the different courage of men and women. The courage when a horse bolts, or the car in front of one just crashes, the gnawing courage of every day. She said men were never able to say “finito”. “Damn right”, he said.
Em ambos os contos há, portanto, um curto escape a que se segue uma longa desilusão.
She had a little weep. For what Mrs. Reinhardt weep – for beauty, for ugliness, for herself, for her son in America, for Mr. Reinhardt who had lost his reason.
Number Ten -3,5*
Mrs. Reinhardt – 3,5*
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