The Ante-Room

By:

Kate O'Brien

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

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Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.

Author Biography:

Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.

Release date Australia

May 4th, 2006

Author

Kate O'Brien

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

288

Series

Virago Modern Classics

Dimensions

131x196x19

ISBN-13

9781844083176

Product ID

1671989

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