'Edna O'Brien writes the most beautiful, aching stories of any writer, anywhere.' Alice Munro 'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna.' Anne Enright 'Surprising and beautiful and courageous .. A beacon.' Megan Nolan 'Brilliant and brave.' Ann Patchett 'Glittering energy.' Colm Tóibín A woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find - for all the promise of their green gorgette, silver shoes and fancy dinner parties - they leave disappointed; an Irishman in north London retraces his life as a young lad with his mates digging the streets and dreaming of the apocryphal gold, an outsider both in Ireland and England, yet he carries the lodestar of his native land. This classic collection glows with Edna O'Brien's trademark lyricism, powerful evocations of place, and heart-breaking insight into the desires and contradictions of humanity. This ebook features the first chapter of Edna O'Brien's stunning final novel, Girl.

エドナ・オブライエンの筆致は、皮膚に触れるような生々しさと美しい抒情性に満ちています。本作は、人間の心の奥底にある「渇望」と「絶望」を容赦なく描き出しました。孤独を抱えながらも愛に手を伸ばす人々の姿は、読む者の魂を激しく揺さぶり、忘れがたい残響を刻みます。 映像化によって、言葉で紡がれた緻密な情景は鮮烈な叙情詩へと昇華されました。テキストが持つ沈黙の深みと、映像が捉える表情の揺らぎ。その相乗効果で、孤独さえもが崇高な美へと変貌を遂げます。両メディアを味わうことで、物語の真髄に触れる極上の文学体験をぜひ堪能してください。