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    Lantern Slides: Stories
    Lantern Slides: Stories
    Lantern Slides: Stories
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    Lantern Slides: Stories

    By Edna O'Brien

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    Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction

    “Superb...[Lantern Slides] continues the quest for origin and explanation that has preoccupied O’Brien...Her stories unearth the primeval feelings buried just below the surface of nostalgia, using memories to illuminate both what is ridiculous and what is heroic about passion.” —David Leavitt, The New York Times Book Review

    “Her stories are brilliantly realized and often very funny...O’Brien is quite simply one of the finest short story writers of our time.” —Joyce Carol Oates

    A newly reissued collection of stories from the author of Girl, “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend Edition)

    In twelve stories peopled with deeply etched characters, whom we come to know instantly and intimately, Lantern Slides reveals the wit and passion of a master of the short fiction form. Rich and humorous, full of struggle and boldness, these stories are a singular reflection of Edna O’Brien’s artistry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 15, 2019
    ISBN9780374721527
    Lantern Slides: Stories
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    Edna O'Brien

    In more than twenty books, Edna O'Brien has charted the emotional and psychic landscape of her native Ireland; often criticized in her own country for her outspoken stance, she has forged a universal audience. Awards and prizes include the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Premier Cavour (Italian), American National Arts Gold Medal, and Ulysses Medal 2006.

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      O'Brien is so terribly good at what she does that I fervently hope never to come under her scrutiny. The edge of her gaze is so keen you won't know it's sliced through your facade until you collapse from the loss of blood. I acknowledge her brilliance with words, and in observation about the human creature, especially as it behaves in the company of others, but I can't say I entirely enjoy reading her stuff. I sometimes feel sorry for her characters, not for their circumstances or failings, but for the unsparing light their creator casts on them. I'm glad to have read this collection of short fiction, but probably won't seek out any more of O'Brien's work. In fact, as I recall, I have in the past abandoned two of her novels.

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