Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and studied acting at Drama Centre London. She wrote he first novel 'A Girl is a Half-formed Thing' at 27 and spent most of the next decade trying to have it published. It was eventually taken up by a small UK publisher, Galley Beggar Press, in 2013...
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Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and studied acting at Drama Centre London. She wrote he first novel 'A Girl is a Half-formed Thing' at 27 and spent most of the next decade trying to have it published. It was eventually taken up by a small UK publisher, Galley Beggar Press, in 2013 and went on to win the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction. She currently lives in Norwich with her husband and daughter and is working on her second novel.
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Last year, I first learned about "THE LESSER BOHEMIANS" through a radio interview the author had given BBC Radio London. My curiosity was piqued so much that I ordered the paperback edition from a UK-based website. But when I began reading the novel, it was a struggle trying to keep up with the stre...
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride is a story that has been told before in terms of plot. What makes this book unusual is the writing style and the details that are developed in the book. In this case, unfortunately, the choppy writing style and the graphic, lurid details are what make this not ...
**Received as an ARC from Netgalley and will write the full review later**(I'm at reading at work hehe.)AMAZING use of stream of consciousness!! If this is any indication as to where fiction writing is going, then I'm very VERY excited.
Am truly sorry I could not like this one - and in the interests of fairness I should say I stopped at 50% so this review is really just a quick one to say that despite several attempts and going back and reading bits again I just didnt "get" it. Kudos to the author for attempting to push the boundar...
Reading. Then Not. Sharp sentences. Jabbing thoughts. Unkindnesses bearing down. Book, set aside. Pause. And here is where the experience of reading A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing may end for many readers. Some, however, will lick their wounds and pick up the book again, return to Eimear McBride'...
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