A Pagan Place
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
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A landmark work of Irish literary fiction, A Pagan Place chronicles the coming-of-age of an unnamed young girl growing up in rural Ireland during the mid-twentieth century, immersing readers in the suffocating rhythms of a deeply Catholic, insular community. Written in a striking second-person voice, Edna O'Brien places the reader directly inside the protagonist's consciousness, rendering the textures of shame, desire, family tension, and spiritual conflict with an intimacy that is both unsettling and hypnotic. The novel uncovers the quiet violence of a world governed by repression — where the Church, the family, and the land conspire to shape and diminish a young woman's sense of self. O'Brien's prose is lyrical yet raw, capturing the contradictions of a girlhood caught between the sacred and the profane, innocence and awakening. Widely regarded as one of her most formally daring works, it stands as a powerful testament to the enduring cost of silence in a society that demands it.
Author: Edna O'Brien
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Heron Books (Collectors' Edition)
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Irish literary fiction, A Pagan Place chronicles the coming-of-age of an unnamed young girl growing up in rural Ireland during the mid-twentieth century, immersing readers in the suffocating rhythms of a deeply Catholic, insular community. Written in a striking second-person voice, Edna O'Brien places the reader directly inside the protagonist's consciousness, rendering the textures of shame, desire, family tension, and spiritual conflict with an intimacy that is both unsettling and hypnotic. The novel uncovers the quiet violence of a world governed by repression — where the Church, the family, and the land conspire to shape and diminish a young woman's sense of self. O'Brien's prose is lyrical yet raw, capturing the contradictions of a girlhood caught between the sacred and the profane, innocence and awakening. Widely regarded as one of her most formally daring works, it stands as a powerful testament to the enduring cost of silence in a society that demands it.