Online Price
A girl is a half-formed thing
Paperback
€11.59
Collect 34 Reward Points
- Free Delivery on
- Book Synopsis
- ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY' WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist. To read A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrator's head, experiencing her world at first hand. This isn't always comfortable - but it is always a revelation.
- About The Author
- Eimear McBride is the author of four novels: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, The Lesser Bohemians, Strange Hotel and The City Changes Its Face. She held the inaugural Creative Fellowship at the Beckett Research Centre, University of Reading and is the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
- Product Details
-
- ISBN
- 9780571317165
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (10 April 2014)
- Number of Pages
- 205
- Weight
- 185 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 126 x 13 mm
- Categories: