The Ante-Room

Kate O'Brien

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Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.

Book Details

Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Publish Date: Jul 6th, 2006
Pages: 288
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.00in - 0.76in - 0.49lb
EAN: 9781844083176
Categories: • Historical - General• Classics

About the Author

Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.

Praise for this book

A gem of a novel--TAMSIN HARGREAVES

Rush out for the works of Kate O'Brien. You are in for a treat--Val Hennessy

A gem of a novel--Tamsin Hargreaves

Guilt-drenched and death-driven--Kirkus Reviews

A grave and beautiful story, exquisitely composed and cut to a jewel-like fineness--DAILY TELEGRAPH