A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
by Edna O'Brien
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Author: Edna O'BrienForeword: Philip Roth
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-19
ISBN: 0374531099
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Reviews of A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
Book Review: Timeless Collection of Short Stories
Summary: 5 Stars
I am surprised that his book has not been reviewed yet. Edna O'brien is a gem of literature and her writing is timeless. This is a wonderful collection of her short stories. My favorites are the following.
1) The Love Object - "We had even searched in our dictionaries for words to convey the specialness of our regard for each other. He came up with 'cense', which meant to adore or cover with the perfume of love". (p.160)
2) Over - This is a haunting story about a relationship that is over, yet still exists in the woman's mind - what was, what could have been, why it was so, etc. It is shrouded in a mystic quality of pain and perseverance.
3) Ways
4) Mrs. Reinhardt - "She often thought that the real secret of their love was that she kept the inside of herself warm for him, like someone keeping an egg under a nest of straw." (p.144)
5) Chrismas Roses
This is a wonderful collection for anyone who loves short stories.
Summary of A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories
In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien pulls the reader into a woman's experience. Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice--wondrous, despairing, moving--examining passionate subjects that lay bare the desire and needs that can be hidden in a woman's heart.
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