Kate O'Brien
O'Brien was a distinguished Irish novelist whose explorations of Catholic moral constraint and female desire were as formally accomplished as they were spiritually serious. Mary Lavelle and The Land of Spices are her finest works.
Works
- Without My CloakNovel of Irish merchant family spanning three generations in nineteenth-century
- Mary LavelleNovel of Irish governess in Spain discovering independence and love
- The Land of SpicesNovel of Irish women in convent school navigating faith and self-discovery
- That LadyHistorical novel of sixteenth-century Portuguese duchess defying king for love
- The Ante-RoomNovel exploring tensions and secrets within bourgeois Dublin family household