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001			906175419
003			OCoLC
005			20190729105557.0
019			_a890626331
008			150403s2015 nyu 000 j eng d
020			_a9780316378260 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0316378267 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)906175419
040			_aNOG _cNOG _dHQD _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBDX _dDYJ _dIMD _dVP@ _dJQM _dIK2
050	1	4	_aPR6065.B7 _bA6 2015
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100	1		_aO'Brien, Edna,
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _kSelections.
245	1	4	_aThe love object : _bselected stories / _cEdna O'Brien; introduction by John Banville.
250			_aFirst North American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bLittle Brown & Co, _c2015.
300			_axii, 528 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
500			_aOriginally published: 2013.
520			_aThe thirty-one stories collected in this volume provide, among other things, a cumulative portrait of Ireland, seen from within and without. Coming of age, the impact of class, and familial and romantic love are the prevalent motifs, along with the instinct toward escape and subsequent nostalgia for home. Some of the stories are linked and some carry O'Brien's distinct sense of the comical. In "A Rose in the Heart of New York," the single-mindedness of love dramatically derails the relationship between a girl and her mother, while in "Sister Imelda" and "The Creature" the strong ties between teacher and student and mother and son are ultimately broken. "The Love Object" recounts a passionate affair between the narrator and her older lover. The magnificent, mid-career title story from Lantern Slides portrays a Dublin dinner party that takes on the lives and loves of all the guests. More recent stories include "Shovel Kings" and "Old Wounds," which follows the revival and demise of the friendship between two elderly cousins.
505	0	0	_tIrish revel -- _tThe Connor girls -- _tTough men -- _tA scandalous woman -- _tThe rug -- _tThe creature -- _tThe doll -- _tSister Imelda -- _tA rose in the heart of New York -- _tThe love object -- _tNumber ten -- _tMrs. Reinhardt -- _tThe mouth of the cave -- _tGreen Georgette -- _tOft in the stilly night -- _tWhat a sky -- _tBrother -- _tThe widow -- _tStorm -- _tLong distance -- _tParadise -- _tLantern slides -- _tShovel kings -- _tMadame Cassandra -- _tPlunder -- _tMy two mothers -- _tManhattan medley -- _tInner cowboy -- _tBlack flower -- _tSend my roots rain -- _tOld wounds.
651		0	_aIreland _xSocial life and customs _vFiction.
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423787.
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