Byron in Love by Edna O'brien
Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O Brien has written a jaunty (The New Yorker) biography that suits her fiery and charismatic subject. She follows Byron from the dissipations of Regency London to the wilds of Albania and the Socratic pleasures of Greece and Turkey, culminating in his meteoric rise to fame at the age of twenty-four. With a novelist s understanding of tempo and characterization (Miami Herald), O Brien captures the spirit of the man and creates an indelible portrait that explodes the Romantic myth. Byron, as brilliantly rendered by O Brien, is the poet as rebel, imaginative and lawless, and defiantly immortal.
"Few writers are better suited than [Edna O’Brien] to take his measure, and to plumb his heart" -- Judith Thurman, author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
"[A] mischievously complicit biography." -- Kathryn Harrison - New York Times Book Review
"Succinct and eloquent." -- Kerstin Parmley - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"[A] mischievously complicit biography." -- Kathryn Harrison - New York Times Book Review
"Succinct and eloquent." -- Kerstin Parmley - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Edna O’Brien (1930—2024), the author of The Country Girls Trilogy, The Light of Evening, and Byron in Love, was the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393338478 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393338479 |
| Title | Byron in Love |
| Author | Edna O'brien |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2010-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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