A girl is a half-formed thing
by
McBride, Eimear.
Title
:
A girl is a half-formed thing
Author
:
McBride, Eimear.
ISBN
:
9780571319664
Publication Information
:
London : Faber & faber, 2014.
Physical Description
:
205 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract
:
"Winner of the inaugural Goldsmith Prize. Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumor, touching on everything from family violence to sexuality and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma.
Subject Term
:
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Mothers -- Fiction.
Religious fanaticism -- Fiction.
Rape -- Fiction.
Uncles -- Fiction.
Brain -- Tumors -- Patients -- Fiction.
Rape victims -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Ireland -- Fiction.
Subject
:
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Mothers -- Fiction.
Religious fanaticism -- Fiction.
Rape -- Fiction.
Uncles -- Fiction.
Brain -- Tumors -- Patients -- Fiction.
Rape victims -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Ireland -- Fiction.
Summary
:
"Winner of the inaugural Goldsmith Prize. Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumor, touching on everything from family violence to sexuality and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma.
| Library | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Material Type | Status |
|---|
| Central Book Stack - Reservation required | 00637039 | 821.111(417)-31 Mcb | General Collections for Loan | FC外文書區 |
| Taipa Library | 00633343 | 821.111(417)-31 Mcb | General Collections for Loan | FC外文書區 |