{"product_id":"9780374531096","title":"A Fanatic Heart : Selected Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Fanatic Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Edna O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's \u003ci\u003eA Fanatic Heart \u003c\/i\u003epulls the reader into a woman's experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice—wondrous, despairing, moving—examining passionate subjects that lay bare the desire and needs that can be hidden in a woman's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“She has--as only the finest writers can--created a world: she speaks in a voice identifiably and only hers.” —\u003ci\u003eMary Gordon, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There's no writer alive who sounds quite like Edna O'Brien. Only a person of abiding compassion could write those lovely words; they echo in almost every page of \u003ci\u003eA Fanatic Heart.\u003c\/i\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A landmark collection . . . The Irish writer's exquisite perceptions and empathy with the women of her country exert an emotional pull, compelling the reader to live the straitened circumstances of their lives.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374531096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592823943374,"sku":"9780374531096","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_933a78ee-9c12-466b-b323-658e402886aa.jpg?v=1637775005","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374531096","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}