A Pagan Place
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
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set in the raw, rain-soaked landscape of rural Ireland, A Pagan Place is an unflinching portrait of girlhood, desire, and the suffocating weight of small-town Catholic life. Edna O'Brien chronicles the unnamed protagonist's coming-of-age through a stream-of-consciousness second-person narrative, immersing the reader directly into the sensory world of a young girl caught between the pull of innocence and the dawning awareness of adult shame, sexuality, and sin. The novel presents a community bound tightly by religious doctrine, familial duty, and unspoken secrets — a world where transgression is inevitable and forgiveness is never freely given. O'Brien's prose is lyrical yet visceral, at once tender and devastating, cementing her reputation as one of Ireland's most fearless literary voices. A Pagan Place stands as a bold work of psychological intimacy, stripping back the veneer of pastoral Ireland to reveal the turbulent inner life of a girl on the precipice of self-discovery. Its unconventional second-person narration draws the reader into an almost confessional complicity — leaving one to wonder whether escape from such a place is ever truly possible.
Author: Edna O'Brien
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set in the raw, rain-soaked landscape of rural Ireland, A Pagan Place is an unflinching portrait of girlhood, desire, and the suffocating weight of small-town Catholic life. Edna O'Brien chronicles the unnamed protagonist's coming-of-age through a stream-of-consciousness second-person narrative, immersing the reader directly into the sensory world of a young girl caught between the pull of innocence and the dawning awareness of adult shame, sexuality, and sin. The novel presents a community bound tightly by religious doctrine, familial duty, and unspoken secrets — a world where transgression is inevitable and forgiveness is never freely given. O'Brien's prose is lyrical yet visceral, at once tender and devastating, cementing her reputation as one of Ireland's most fearless literary voices. A Pagan Place stands as a bold work of psychological intimacy, stripping back the veneer of pastoral Ireland to reveal the turbulent inner life of a girl on the precipice of self-discovery. Its unconventional second-person narration draws the reader into an almost confessional complicity — leaving one to wonder whether escape from such a place is ever truly possible.