Comments on: Edna O’Brien, Re-Fed http://www.radioopensource.org/edna-obrien-re-fed/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Roche http://www.radioopensource.org/edna-obrien-re-fed/#comment-82097 Lisa Roche Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:06:54 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=855#comment-82097 The Light of Evening is maginficent as are her early works. I remember reading the country girls at age 11, just after I'd discovered Frank O' Connor's short stories and I've reread all of them each decade since. At age 43 I still believe each writer is unsurpassed in their genre. Having just reread In the Forest after a two year break from the first reading, for me this is Edna's most poignant and affecting work. I'll never forget O' Kane, Eily, little Maddie and so many others in that book. Even Kitty, with her short though emotionally charged appearance along with Mick Rafferty's fear and laissez faire attitude, stayed with me for a long time after the first reading of that book. Regards Lisa Roche The Light of Evening is maginficent as are her early works. I remember reading the country girls at age 11, just after I’d discovered Frank O’ Connor’s short stories and I’ve reread all of them each decade since. At age 43 I still believe each writer is unsurpassed in their genre.

Having just reread In the Forest after a two year break from the first reading, for me this is Edna’s most poignant and affecting work. I’ll never forget O’ Kane, Eily, little Maddie and so many others in that book. Even Kitty, with her short though emotionally charged appearance along with Mick Rafferty’s fear and laissez faire attitude, stayed with me for a long time after the first reading of that book.

Regards

Lisa Roche

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