The Lesser Bohemians recalls Samuel Beckett and Henry Miller. "The Lesser Bohemians" is a full-on sensory experience-and another superlative achievement." - Wall Street Journal "Spellbinding.er stunning second novel shows that she has not only acquired fresh surfaces to work on, she has also developed exciting new brush strokes.McBride's prose sings. McBride has channeled the mental life of a narrator with an intensity, a lack of mediation, that few authors can achieve. The narrative voice will be recognizable to readers of the earlier novel, capturing a snapshot of thought at the moment before grammar constrains it, what the author has referred to as a "stream of pre-consciousness." The word order is once again scrambled to ingenious (and poetic) effect, clauses pared down to their impressionistic essences.For a second time, Ms.
imbued with a captivating sense of youthful excitement and vulnerability." - The New Yorker "The confidence and the capacity are as good as anyone's.there's an openness, an inclusivity, a distinct lack of God-almightyness, that makes reading such a pleasure." - Jeannette Winterson, New York Times Book Review "The Lesser Bohemians" is every bit as stylistically resourceful as "Girl," every bit as urgent and authentic. Praise for THE LESSER BOHEMIANS " propulsive coming-of-age story. A captivating story of passion and innocence, joy and discovery set against the vibrant atmosphere of 1990s London over the course of a single year, THE LESSER BOHEMIANS glows with the eddies and anxieties of growing up, and the transformative intensity of a powerful new love. While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he is haunted by more than a few demons, and the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both. One night an eighteen-year-old Irish girl, recently arrived in London to attend drama school, meets an older man - a well-regarded actor in his own right.
Now, she brings her singular voice to an unlikely love story. Winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlisted for the 2016 Bord G is Energy Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year The breathtaking new novel from Eimear McBride, about an extraordinary, all-consuming love affair Eimear McBride's debut novel A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING was published in 2013 to an avalanche of praise: nominated for a host of literary awards, winner of the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction and the inaugural Goldsmith's Prize, declared by Vanity Fair to be "One of the most groundbreaking pieces of literature to come from Ireland, or anywhere, in recent years," McBride's bold, wholly original prose immediately established her as a literary force.
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