Daughters of Passion(Main) Faber Stories by JuliaO'faolain, Julia Oand#39 Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2019 by London Faber & Faber Mrz 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0-571-35194-7, ISBN: 0-571-35194-8
The Obedient Wife by JuliaO'faolain Paperback, 235 Pages, Published 1993 by Carroll & Graf ISBN-13: 978-0-88184-392-7, ISBN: 0-88184-392-X
"When Carla Verdi finds herself abandoned by her husband, she begins to explore the world outside of her family."
"Julia O'Faolain is one of the most important Irish writers of the past half-century. Under the Rose is a selection of short stories taken from her many celebrated collections. These are stories about families and relationships, religion and politics, new life and mortality, and their settings range from Ireland and the USA to Italy and France. O'Faolain exposes the delusions of sexual desire, explores the failings of the Church and unpi ..."
Women in the Wall by JuliaO'faolain Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 1988 by Carroll & Graf Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-88184-442-9, ISBN: 0-88184-442-X
"'I am hungry for your presence. I hanker for the great blaze of your glance which when you turn it on me, will burn out the husk of my body and draw my soul to you.' Julia O'Faolian's second novel, first published in 1973, offers a rich, vivid portrait of the political and religious turmoil of sixth-century Gaul, wherein we find Radegunda, wife of King Clotair having been seized by him as a prize of war. Radegunda builds a convent, a re ..."
"Tells the story of four generations of two Irish families and their attempts to come to terms with the after-effects of the Irish Civil War of the 1920s"
"'Entertaining and rich in comedy . . . gripping and moving.' William Trevor Sister Judith Clancy is told that she must leave the protection of her convent and return to her family. So begins the unravelling of community ties which form this brilliant and devastating story of human and political relations in twentieth-century Ireland. Past and present, memory, madness and buried trauma shift in a disturbing kaleidoscope as four generati ..."
"Tells the story of four generations of two Irish families and their attempts to come to terms with the after-effects of the Irish Civil War of the 1920s"
Women in the Wall by JuliaO'faolain Hardcover, 326 Pages, Published 1975 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-77853-9, ISBN: 0-670-77853-2
"Book by O'Faolain, Julia"
Man in the cellar(1st Edition) Stories by JuliaO'faolain Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1974 by Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-10515-1, ISBN: 0-571-10515-7
"'I am hungry for your presence. I hanker for the great blaze of your glance which when you turn it on me, will burn out the husk of my body and draw my soul to you.' Julia O'Faolian's second novel, first published in 1973, offers a rich, vivid portrait of the political and religious turmoil of sixth-century Gaul, wherein we find Radegunda, wife of King Clotair having been seized by him as a prize of war. Radegunda builds a convent, a re ..."
The Judas Cloth by JuliaO'faolain Hardcover, 595 Pages, Published 1992 by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85619-198-2, ISBN: 1-85619-198-2
"In 1878 the man once hailed as the Angel Pope dies, thus ending what became the longest and most execrated papacy in history. Unaware of his scandalous paternity, his son joins the Church, and the treacherous drama of his disillusion unfolds."
"“A writer of stunning quality, a novelist of irony and compassion.”—Daily TelegraphParis in the 1890s. Adam Gould, whose Anglo-Irish father has disowned him, works in a lunatic asylum run by the celebrated Dr. Blanche, some of whose patients once starred in France’s social firmament and still, when sane, sit at table with distinguished guests.One such patient is Guy de Maupassant. Another is Belcastel, who has taken the blame for a mona ..."
"This book is one of a series devoted to the modern Irish short stories. They include: We Might see Sights!; First Conjugation; Melancholy Baby; A Pot of Soothing Herbs; Turkish Delight; Her Trademark; Chronic; The Knight: It's A long Way To Tipperary."
Women in the wall by JuliaO'faolain Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 1976 by Avon ISBN-13: 978-0-380-00592-5, ISBN: 0-380-00592-1