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A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
- Author
- Eimear McBride
- Narrator
- Eimear McBride
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 31 July 2014
- Run Time
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY'
Eimear McBride's award-winning debut is an unforgettable novel from a major new literary talent.
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist. The author's spellbinding reading illuminates every nuance of the text with feeling and sympathy. The listener enters the narrator's head, experiencing her world first hand. This isn't always comfortable - but it is always a revelation
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2014; WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE, 2014
KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2014; WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE, 2014
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Details
- Author
- Eimear McBride
- Narrator
- Eimear McBride
- Duration
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 July 2014
- ISBN
- 9780571321568
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY' Eimear McBride's award-winning debut is an unforgettable novel from a major new literary talent. A Girl is a Half-formed Thing tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist. The author's spellbinding reading illuminates every nuance of the text with feeling and sympathy. The listener enters the narrator's head, experiencing her world first hand. This isn't always comfortable - but it is always a revelation WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2014; WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE, 2014 KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2014; WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE, 2014
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