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| Author | Edna O'Brien |
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Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
Night is a 1972 novel by Irish author Edna O'Brien. [1] The novel is narrated by Mary Hooligan, while she experiences a bout of sleeplessness. Mary has been compared to Molly Bloom. [2] [3]
The book was first published by Alfred A. Knopf, [4] and was reprinted by Faber & Faber in 2014. [2]
Writing in The Guardian , Andrew O'Hagan compared the work favorably to Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf. [1] O'Brien has said she admires Woolf. [5]
O'Brien has said had she been "sensitive" at the time of publication, she would have "[...] taken a razor to [herself]" in response to its reception at the time. [5]
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