'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose-there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright
'Surprising and beautiful and courageous . . . A beacon.' Megan Nolan
We want to live. Drink gin. Squeeze into the front of big cars and drive up outside big hotels. We want to go places.
Caithleen is a romantic: she dreams of finding a handsome man who will sweep her away and look after her. Her friend Baba thinks this makes her a right-looking eejit. What she wants is money and glamour. Life. As much of it as she can get.
But neither love nor excitement seem possible in their small village, or their convent school. And when they finally make it to Dublin, they find that home isn't as easy to escape as they thought.
This is the first novel in Edna O'Brien's trilogy which revolutionised Irish literature in the 1960s. Banned by the authorities as 'indecent' and burned by the clergy, they were notorious for their frank portrayal of sexual desire: but scandal turned to fame, and made this glorious coming-of-age tale an instant classic that inspires and delights readers to this day.
| ISBN: | 9780571399291 |
| Publication date: | 16th July 2026 |
| Author: | Edna OBrien |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | The Country Girls Trilogy |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Coming of age |
'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose-there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright 'Surprising and beautiful and courageous . . . A beacon.' Megan Nolan We want to live.
The Country Girls features in the following genres: General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age
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The Country Girls was written by Edna OBrien and published by Faber & Faber
The Country Girls has 240 pages
Yes it is part of The Country Girls Trilogy series
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