Johnny I Hardly Knew You
By Edna O'Brien
1977
First Published
3.03
Average Rating
143
Number of Pages
Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Jacket is lightly marked and scored. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. One inch tears on jacket spine ends and rear lower edge. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Light stains on spine head and half title page. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HJW
Avg Rating
3.03
Number of Ratings
118
5 STARS
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3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
25%
1 STARS
6%
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Author
Edna O'Brien
Author · 37 books
Edna O’Brien is an award-winning Irish author of novels, plays, and short stories, has been hailed as one of the greatest chroniclers of the female experience in the twentieth century. She is the 2011 recipient of the Frank O’Connor Prize, awarded for her short story collection Saints and Sinners. She has also received, among other honors, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin, and a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Literary Academy. Her 1960 debut novel, The Country Girl, was banned in her native Ireland for its groundbreaking depictions of female sexuality. Notable works also include August Is a Wicked Month (1965), A Pagan Place (1970), Lantern Slides (1990), and The Light of Evening (2006). O’Brien lives in London.
