false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174255685m/373131.jpg 373131 8 Josie, the ailing, elderly inhabitant of an Irish country mansion, dwells in the shadowy world of remembered pain and loneliness. McGreevy, the terrorist, reintroduces the possibility of compassion and tenderness, but there is an inevitably violent conclusion to their understanding as the police net closes. With extraordinary skill and empathy, Edna O'Brien shows two faces of a divided land: the yearnings of a woman whose youthful joy was broken, and the intransigent idealism of her captor. Brave and moving, THE HOUSE OF SPLENDID ISOLATION is Edna O'Brien at her very best. 3038187 1994 House of Splendid Isolation: A Novel total:139|5:31|4:50|3:38|2:14|1:6| 139 503 222 14 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jul 07 07:58:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:21:23 -0700 2009 Gone to Texas (See Josey Wales: Two Westerns : Gone to Texas The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales). In both cases, the central charac...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 13:04:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 13:06:21 -0700 2008 By Jim Ruland

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