Average Bufph Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Eimear McBride
2015-05-27
Winner of numerous literary awards including the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize, Eimear McBride's debut novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing plunges us into the psyche of a girl with breathtaking fury and intimacy.
'Eimear McBride is a writer of remarkable power and originality.' Times Literary Supplement
'An instant classic.' Guardian
Adapted for the stage by Annie Ryan for The Corn Exchange, Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2014.
'Unflinching... magnificent... The narrative transposes effortlessly to the stage, as if this is where it belongs.' Guardian
'One of the best stage adaptations of a novel you're likely to see.' Sunday Times
Eimear McBride's avant-garde narrative, with its stream-of-consciousness prose and lack of conventional structure, presents a fresh, visceral exploration of coming-of-age. The text's raw, unfiltered dialogue and fragmented chronology are a testament to the author's audacious style. This work, though challenging, offers a unique sensory experience that feels both intimate and universal. The reader is immersed in the protagonist's world, where time and space blur, and the visceral reality of her existence takes precedence. It's a bold narrative voice that demands attention and rewards the patient reader with a profound, albeit disorienting, journey.
