Love and tragedy converge in a seaside town in The High Road, a newly reissued novel from Edna O''Brien, the author of Girl, and "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR''s Weekend Edition)...


Edna O’Brien has written more than twenty works of fiction, most recently Girl. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Femina special, the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.