Critically acclaimed Irish novelist Edna O?Brien will present a reading and talk at 4:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 17) in the Hesburgh Center auditorium at the University of 91吃瓜. Sponsored by 91吃瓜鈥檚 Keough Institute for Irish Studies, the presentation is free and open to the public.p. O鈥橞rien is the author of 13 novels, including 鈥淭he Country Girls,鈥� 鈥淗ouse of Splendid Isolation鈥� and 鈥淚n the Forest,鈥� as well as five collections of short stories and numerous plays and screenplays. She is known as a pioneer for her frank portrayals of women, and in her writing draws upon her Catholic upbringing, depicting both Irish village life during the 1940s and ?50s and contemporary urban settings.
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