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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kate_O'Brien_(novelist)Kate O'Brien (novelist) - Wikipedia

    Kate O'Brien (3 December 1897 – 13 August 1974) was an Irish novelist and playwright. Biography [ edit] Kathleen Mary Louise "Kate" O'Brien was born in Limerick City in 1897 to a middle-class family.

  3. www.goodreads.com › author › showKate O'Brien (Author of The Land of Spices) - Goodreads

    edit data. Kathleen Mary Louise "Kate" O'Brien, was an Irish novelist and playwright. After the success of her play, Distinguished Villa in 1926, she took to full-time writing and was awarded the 1931 James Tait Black Prize for her novel Without My Cloak.

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    • August 13, 1974
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  4. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Land of Spices by Kate O'Brien | Goodreads

    Kate O'Brien. 3.93. 694 ratings93 reviews. Mere Marie-Helene once turned her back on life, sealing up her heart in order to devote herself to God. Now the formidable Mother Superior of an Irish convent, she has, for some time, been experiencing grave doubts about her vocation.

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  6. www.rte.ie › culture › 2019/0308/1033027-kate-obrien-resKate O'Brien - resdiscovering a female literary trailblazer - RTÉ

    Mar 11, 2019 · Kate O’Brien, one of Ireland’s many famous 20th century authors, may have felt her own freedom most acutely curtailed after this beautiful novel charting the converging lives of two women, one...

  7. www.irishtimes.com › culture › booksKate O’Brien’s Irish Times columns from 50 years ago are still so...

    Jan 24, 2020 · Kate O’Brien wrote Long Distance in her 70s. An ageing Irishwoman living in England, she was, in many ways an exile, having had two of her novels banned by the Irish State and, not unlike the...

  8. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Ante-Room by Kate O'Brien | Goodreads

    Kate O'Brien. 3.58. 209 ratings22 reviews. It is the Eve of All Saints, 1880, and Teresa Mulqueen lies dying. Her family gathers round her, and beneath this sad scene another drama, no less poignant, unfolds.

  9. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Land Of Spices - Kate O'Brien - Google Books

    May 19, 2016 · The Land Of Spices. Kate O'Brien. Little, Brown Book Group, May 19, 2016 - Fiction - 320 pages. AN AWARD-WINNING AND REMARKABLE IRISH NOVELIST. 'This subtle and beautifully constructed novel...