Edna O'Brien
Joyce’s Women review – Edna O’Brien offers a fresh view on her literary hero
O’Brien’s new play about her literary hero, imagining James Joyce through the eyes of the women in his life, is the hot ticket in Dublin
Clare Brennan
02, Oct, 2022 @10:30 AM
Joyce’s Women review – Edna O’Brien’s powerful play is a fascinating portrait of a fellow writer
O’Brien’s empathy for Joyce shines through in this lavish production, as she brings him to life, seen through the eyes of his mother, wife, daughter and lover
Helen Meany
23, Sep, 2022 @2:45 PM
The Guardian view on James Joyce’s Ulysses: a 100-year-old masterpiece | Editorial
Editorial: Bloomsday, the annual celebration of this great Dublin novel, is a good moment to reflect on its enduring significance
Editorial
10, Jun, 2022 @5:25 PM
Plastic-free meal deals would taste better | Brief letters
Brief letters: Retailers’ packaging | Missing sections of the Guardian | Edna O’Brien | Mushroom delight
11, Feb, 2022 @6:00 PM
Edna O'Brien to receive France's highest honour for the arts
The 90-year-old Irish writer will be named commander of the French Ordre des Arts et Lettres on Sunday
Alison Flood
03, Mar, 2021 @12:32 PM
Edna O’Brien on turning 90: ‘I can’t pretend that I haven’t made mistakes’
Ireland’s greatest living writer is as ambitious as ever. She talks about working in Nigeria, coping with critics – and one final novel
Sarah Hughes
13, Dec, 2020 @6:30 AM
Elena Ferrante names her 40 favourite books by female authors
List by pseudonymous author of beloved Neapolitan novels includes Zadie Smith, Sally Rooney and several Italian classics
Sian Cain
21, Nov, 2020 @12:01 AM
Irish women writing fiction were dismissed as 'quiet'. Ireland wasn't listening
Sally Rooney is the latest in a long line of Irish women tackling weighty subjects in fiction – the difference now is that the world is finally taking them seriously
Kathleen MacMahon
30, Jul, 2020 @11:00 AM
Edna O'Brien: 'Reading Charles Darwin dislodged my religious education'
The Irish novelist on reading prayer books as a child, her admiration for Silent Spring author Rachel Carson and how Chekhov ‘saved her sanity’
Edna O'Brien
01, May, 2020 @9:00 AM
Scholars hit back over New Yorker ‘hatchet job’ on Edna O'Brien
Irish literary critics unite to defend novelist after article portrayed her as ‘deceitful, flighty and self-pitying’
Dalya Alberge
12, Apr, 2020 @8:05 AM
Women's prize for fiction lines up 'heavy hitters' on 2020 longlist
Three Booker winners lead a 16-strong field contending for £30,000 prize in what judges described as ‘an extraordinary year’
Alison Flood
03, Mar, 2020 @12:01 AM
Of course fiction tells someone else’s story | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to the idea of cultural appropriation in literature and the assumption that only those with lived experience are able to tell an authentic story
Letters
03, Feb, 2020 @7:05 PM
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