The Little Red Chairs: A Novel
By Edna O’Brien
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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.
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Summary
Summary
A 2016 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
A New York Times Editor’s Choice
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Edna O’Brien
Edna O’Brien is the multiaward–winning author of numerous books., including the Country Girls trilogy. She won the 2019 David Cohen Prize for lifetime achievement in literature and the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 9.67 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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