Lantern Slides
by O'Brien, Edna
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297840193
- ISBN 13
- 9780297840190
- Seller
-
Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. library marks inside rear cover and endpaper only, otherwise book clean and tight. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.
Synopsis
Edna O'Brien is the internationally-acclaimed author of 18 books including Down by the River , The House of Splendid Isolation , Mother Ireland , The Country Girls Trilogy , and A Fanatic Heart (all available from Plume). Born and raised in Ireland, she lives in London.
Reviews
On Nov 24 2014, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Whenever I finish a book of short stories, I like to place it back on the shelf. After a few days have elapsed, I test myself to see which of the stories have "stuck." These are not always the most well-written or exciting, but rather the ones that touched a chord. With "Lantern Slides," I find that I most remember the stories that speak of that moment in an otherwise happy time when there is the recognition that a dark cloud lurks just beyond the sunshine. Not surprisingly, most of these stories take place in Ireland, where the skies change as quickly as these plot lines. In "Dramas," for instance, a man comes to a village, sets up a shop, organizes a drama society, and becomes the toast of the town. His fall is just as swift as was his rise. "A Demon" finds an excited young girl out for a day's excursion with her parents and the local doctor's wife. As the day progresses, young Meg begins to feel the winds shifting and knows in her soul that disaster is around the bend. And the setting for the title story, the last in the book, is a birthday celebration. The reader gets to meet all the guests and the celebrant herself. Each of them has had his or her moments of joyous expectation and each has experienced the disappointments that inevitably follow. The characters may all have Irish roots, but the emotions depicted are universal to the human experience.
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Details
- Seller
- Laura Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 014762
- Title
- Lantern Slides
- Author
- O'Brien, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297840193
- ISBN 13
- 9780297840190
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Lantern Slides O'Brien
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Laura Books
Biblio member since 2017
Georgetown, South Australia
About Laura Books
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...