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Paradise
Paradise | Edna O'Brien
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An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich. 'How long would she last? It would be uppermost in all their minds.' Each day, while the others are out at sea, she is taught to swim. Eventually, she will be expected to perform. The pressure mounts; it is only a matter of time before she snaps. Edna O'Brien crafts a quietly horrifying scene of eroticism and insecurity, and makes one woman's near-fatal discomfort stand for society's larger trap.
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Paradise | Edna O'Brien
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What a glorious am commute! I am in love with this series which is miraculous as I haven‘t enjoyed short stories before. Maybe I read ones with jarring twists that made me uncomfortable/anxious. Since I read to escape those exact feelings, I was always let down by the genre. Reading these compact stories, one by one, has allowed me to see variance in the genre ( is genre the right word here?) and I am building an appreciation for the form.

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More of my order of the Faber 20 Shorts arrived today and I am head over heals in love with these covers!! Happy World Book Day, Littens!

Kimberlone Those covers 😍 5y
HardcoverHearts @Kimberlone Right?! ❤️👌🏻 5y
batsy Ooh, just stunning. 5y
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