For a long time Edna O’Brien, the celebrated Irish-born, London-dwelling writer, has been known as one of the literary world’s great chroniclers of love. Of love and longing and the desperate ...

This sentiment, which could almost be poetry or song lyrics, is spoken by Edna O'Brien ... it's O'Brien's own words that do the job most fittingly, whether it's quotes from her 34 books or ...

In a diary entry from May 1967, read by Jessie Buckley at the start of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, the subject writes: "Ah, the trees, how tortured they are. If anyone has to ask me about ...

Handsome, white-bearded Vlad calls himself a poet and healer. He ingratiates himself... Edna O'Brien, Author, Edna O'Brien, Read by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-618-06660-5 ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In her eighties, novelist Edna O’Brien — who died last year aged 93 — was awarded the status of “Saoi”, an ...

Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation. As she publishes her latest novel The Little Red Chairs she looks back at her literary career. Show more Long Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation.

In her 80th year, Edna O'Brien reflects on the way her turbulent life has shaped her religious beliefs and moral values. Years in self-imposed exile from both her country and her Church did not ...

Edna O'Brien, Ireland's literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel ''The Country Girls'' before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast ...

Acclaimed Irish author, Edna O'Brien, has died at the age of 93. Her literary agent, PFD, and publisher, Faber, said she died peacefully on Saturday after a long illness. They said their thoughts ...

Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation. In 1960, her revolutionary debut novel, The Country Girls, broke down social and sexual barriers for ...