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The Little Red Chairs

Edna O'Brien

Ten years on from her last novel, Edna O'Brien reminds us why she is thought to be one of the great Irish writers of this and any generation. When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall. One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell and in this astonishing novel, Edna O'Brien charts the consequences of that fatal attraction. The Little Red Chairs is a story about love, the artifice of evil, and the terrible necessity of accountability in our shattered, damaged world. A narrative which dares to travel deep into the darkness has produced a book of enormous emotional intelligence and courage. Written with a fierce lyricism and sensibility, The Little Red Chairs dares to suggest there is a way back to redemption and hope when great evil is done. Almost six decades on from her debut, Edna O'Brien has produced what may be her masterpiece in the novel form.

GenresWar criminalsFictionIreland

299 pages, 13 editions

English edition · First published 2015 by Faber & Faber · ISBN 9780571316298

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Editions

13 editions

English

  • The little red chairs · Faber & Faber · 2015 · ISBN 9780571316298 · 1 reader This page
  • The Little Red Chairs · Blackstone Pub · 2016 · ISBN 9781478910978
  • The Little Red Chairs · Hachette · 2016 · ISBN 9780316378253
  • The Little Red Chairs · Center Point Large Print · 2016 · ISBN 9781683241225
  • The Little Red Chairs: A Novel · Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio · 2016 · ISBN 9781478910985
  • The Little Red Chairs: A Novel · Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company · 2016 · ISBN 9780316378246
  • The Little Red Chairs · Faber & Faber · 2016 · ISBN 9780571316311
  • The Little Red Chairs: A Novel · Little, Brown and Company · 2016 · ISBN 9780316378239
  • The Little Red Chairs · Little, Brown · 2015 · ISBN 9780316266383
  • The Little Red Chairs · Faber & Faber, Limited · 2015 · ISBN 9780571327287
  • The Little Red Chairs · Faber & Faber · 2015 · ISBN 9780571316281
  • The Little Red Chairs · Little Brown · 2015 · ISBN 9780571329502
  • The Little Red Chairs · Faber & Faber · 2015 · ISBN 9780571316304

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