The Little Red Chairs Lib/E

Review The Little Red Chairs is a daring invention set at the bloody crossroads where worlds collide: savage, tender and true.-- "John Banville"Adaring invention set at the bloody crossroads where worlds collide: savage, tender, and true.-- "John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author"[An] extraordinary articulation of the lingering effects of trauma...Surprise and transformation lurk in even the smallest details, the most ordinary moments.-- "Washington Post"A remarkable novel...Extraordinary and unsettling.-- "New Yorker"A spectacular piece of work, massive and ferocious and far-reaching...holding you in its clutches from first page to last.-- "Guardian (London)"O'Brien takes up her signature themes-close-knit communities, love and hate for the homeland, the plight of women, loss and desire, victimhood, romantic love-and casts their compassionate reach far beyond Ireland.-- "O, The Oprah Magazine"O'Brien...has a perfect partner in narrator Juliet Stevenson. Central to Stevenson's performance are the lovers: Fidelma's emptiness...echoes in Stevenson's voice. Doctor Vlad [is] seductively soft and controlled...A powerfully read modern parable. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.-- "AudioFile"Provocative, moving, masterly....O'Brien has a way of hypnotizing the reader.-- "Times (London)"Slyly terrifying.-- "Vogue"The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.-- "Philip Roth, National Book Award-winning author"The great Edna O'Brien has written her masterpiece.-- "Philip Roth" Product Description The much-anticipated new novel from the literary world's master of storytelling, Edna O'Brien.A woman discovers that the foreigner she thinks will redeem her life is a notorious war criminal.Vlad, a stranger from Eastern Europe masquerading as a healer, settles in a small Irish village where the locals fall under his spell. One woman, Fidelma McBride, becomes so enamored that she begs him for a child. All of that world is shattered when Vlad is arrested, and his identity as a war criminal is revealed.Fidelma, disgraced, flees to England and seeks work among the other migrants displaced by wars and persecution. But it is not until she confronts him-her nemesis-at the tribunal in the Hague, that her physical and emotional journey reaches its breathtaking climax.The Little Red Chairs is a story about love, and the endless search for it. It is also a story about mankind's fascination with evil and how long and crooked the road towards home is. About the Author Edna O'Brien is the author of The Country Girls trilogy, The Light of Evening, The Love Object, and many other acclaimed books. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, O'Brien has lived in London for many years.Juliet Stevenson has won the prestigious Audie Award and numerous Earphones Awards for her narrations. She is a British actress on stage and screen and notably a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also appeared in popular films such as Bend It Like Beckham and Mona Lisa Smile. She was honored as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. She received further recognition when she was nominated for several BAFTA Awards, and she earned an Olivier Award for her role in Death and the Maiden.