The Love Object
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the quiet devastation of ordinary lives, Edna O'Brien's The Love Object presents a masterful collection of short stories that chronicle the interior worlds of women caught between desire, longing, and loss. Set against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century Ireland and England, these stories introduce protagonists navigating the treacherous emotional terrain of love affairs, domesticity, and the quiet suffocation of unmet expectations — rendered with O'Brien's signature blend of lyrical precision and unflinching honesty. O'Brien's prose is at once tender and ruthless, exposing the raw nerve of female experience with a psychological acuity that places her firmly in the tradition of great Irish literary voices. The Love Object stands as a testament to her gift for capturing the unspeakable — the grief of loving too much, the shame of needing, and the impossible weight of longing — leaving the reader to wonder whether liberation from such profound emotional bondage is ever truly possible.
Author: Edna O'Brien
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the quiet devastation of ordinary lives, Edna O'Brien's The Love Object presents a masterful collection of short stories that chronicle the interior worlds of women caught between desire, longing, and loss. Set against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century Ireland and England, these stories introduce protagonists navigating the treacherous emotional terrain of love affairs, domesticity, and the quiet suffocation of unmet expectations — rendered with O'Brien's signature blend of lyrical precision and unflinching honesty. O'Brien's prose is at once tender and ruthless, exposing the raw nerve of female experience with a psychological acuity that places her firmly in the tradition of great Irish literary voices. The Love Object stands as a testament to her gift for capturing the unspeakable — the grief of loving too much, the shame of needing, and the impossible weight of longing — leaving the reader to wonder whether liberation from such profound emotional bondage is ever truly possible.