The Land Of Spices by Kate O'brien
Behind the high, closed walls of a convent in the Irish countryside, the lives of its inhabitants are gently marked by the daily rituals of spiritual life. Watching overAnna, her sensitive and poetic young charge, the Mother Superior revisits her childhood relationship with her father. As Anna develops from a six-year-old to a scholarship candidate, Helen comes to understand her own heart and makes peace with her past.
O'Brien exquisitely evokes the harem atmosphere of convent life, the beauty and the silence, the bickering and the cruelties. . If novels can be music, this is a novel with perfect pitch * Clare Boylan *
A wonderful book, a land to be revisited * Irish Times *
This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love * Sunday Times *
A wonderful book, a land to be revisited * Irish Times *
This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love * Sunday Times *
Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) lived in London and also in Spain, where she developed a passionate and enduring love of Spanish literature and culture. One of this century's greatest novelists, her fiction broke new ground in Irish writing by focusing on the prosperous Catholic bourgeoisie and by giving central importance to women's struggle for selfhood in a rigidly sex-stereotyped society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860688266 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860688267 |
| Title | The Land Of Spices |
| Author | Kate O'brien |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1988-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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