O Farrell: 70 books

«C’è dolore e ironia, gioia e pianto, in questa storia molto irlandese che irretisce il lettore pagina dopo pagina.» Sveva Casati Modignani «Maggie O’Farrell scava nel profondo di quello che mi piace chiamare il ‘teatro della famiglia.» Catherine Dunne «Un talento magistrale...

"A truly magnificent book... If there is a more comprehensive book on Foucault's work I have yet to see it. I anticipate those teaching and taking courses on Foucault's work will find Clare O'Farrell's book to be an invaluable resource." - Barry Smart, University of Portsmouth "A...

Norah’s Children is the first book of a trilogy set in Ireland and England. Ann O’Farrell narrates a story of a family’s inexplicable dissolution—five children tragically split and cast off to separate worlds. In the span of fourteen formative years their story unfolds touching the very core...

He plans to free Julian Assange of WikiLeaks. Striking back at the Surveillance State. Using Orb to drop down out of the dark sky at night-time, to pick him up from the Ecuadorian Embassy balcony in London. And this is what he does. He has a monumental secret from the Second World War. He uses the...

In Peculiar Crossroads, Farrell O'Gorman explains how the radical religiosity of both Flannery O'Connor's and Walker Percy's vision made them so valuable as southern fiction writers and social critics. Via their spiritual and philosophical concerns, O'Gorman asserts, these two unabashedly Catholic...

In Catholicism and American Borders in the Gothic Literary Imagination, Farrell O'Gorman presents the first study of the recurrent role of Catholicism in a Gothic tradition that is essential to the literature of the United States. In this tradition, Catholicism is depicted as threatening to break...

Un parto se complica más allá de lo razonable; a una niña le diagnostican una enfermedad incurable que la tiene encamada durante más de un año; una adolescente es agredida por un extraño mientras pasea por el campo; el avión en el que una joven viaja a Asia se precipita al vacío; una mujer...

Romanziera dalla sensibilità raffinata, capace di grande realismo nel restituire le emozioni dei suoi personaggi, Maggie O’Farrell ha deciso questa volta di raccontare se stessa e la sua famiglia, rivelando segreti che per tutta la vita aveva cercato di nascondere. Lo ha fatto per i suoi figli,...

Maggie O’Farrell es una de las voces más sobresalientes de la narrativa actual del Reino Unido. Su brillante imaginación, su talento para construir personajes memorables y transmitir emociones con intensidad dramática han seducido por igual a lectores y crítica, y le han valido numerosos reconocimientos,...

Dublin. 1953. Humor, excitement and tension collide during a chaotic twenty four hours in Kitty O’Connor’s household when her wayward nephew arrives, on the run from the British police.

An irresistible love story, an unforgettable family. Bestselling author Maggie O’Farrell captures an extraordinary marriage with insight and laugh-out-loud humor in what Richard Russo calls “her breakout book.” Perfect for readers of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Daniel Sullivan leads...

A hilarious and touching debut novel in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition.   Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a bachelor pad with three other guys. He spends his days lying in bed (a minifridge positioned perfectly within reach) and playing trivia games with his underachieving...

A compelling personal account of a young SAS soldier's experiences in Vietnam. Another urging hiss from behind me-okay hold onto your horses, I'm going. Five to ten paces takes me over the track, and now I scan the creek ahead trying to peer through the underbrush, to detect signs of enemy presence....

Lexie Sinclair is plotting an extraordinary life for herself. Hedged in by her parents' genteel country life, she plans her escape to London. There, she takes up with Innes Kent, a magazine editor who wears duck-egg blue ties and introduces her to the thrilling, underground world of bohemian,...