A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing: Adapted for the Stage (Paperback)
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A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing: Adapted for the Stage (Paperback)

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Published: 15/05/2015
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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

Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571325795
Number of pages: 80
Weight: 95 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 5 mm
Edition: Main

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A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing is an utterly astonishing novel. The style is fractured and fragmented, depicting our protagonist's (un)conscious experience of her life. Once you tune into this unique voice, this... More

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“My new favourite book”

This was a book I initially read as part of an Irish literature course at uni but it is honestly one of my new favourite books. It took me a few re-reads of the first couple of chapters to really get to grips with the... More

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“A stunning and dark look at girlhood”

Eimear McBride's debut novel astonishing took years to find it's publisher, but swiftly won heaping praise on its release, including winning the Bailey's prize. Some may be put off by the shock of its... More

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