A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
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Description for A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel 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. To read A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrator's head, experiencing her world at first hand. This isn't ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571317165
SKU
KMK0021879
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride is the author of two novels: The Lesser Bohemians (James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, Irish Novel of the Year, the Goldsmiths Prize, and others). She was the inaugural creative fellow at the Beckett Research Centre, University of Reading and occasionally writes for the Guardian, TLS, New ... Read more
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