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The Country Girls is Edna O'Brien's first novel. Released in 1960, is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II. and was later adapted into film. The Irish Read More..

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Description	The Country Girls is Edna O'Brien's first novel. Released in 1960, is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II. and was later adapted into film. The Irish censor banned the book, shaming her parents; the family's parish priest publicly burned copies of the novel. She won the Kingsley Amis Award in 1962 for The Country Girls.
Description	The Country Girls is Edna O'Brien's first novel. Released in 1960, is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II. and was later adapted into film. The Irish censor banned the book, shaming her parents; the family's parish priest publicly burned copies of the novel. She won the Kingsley Amis Award in 1962 for The Country Girls.

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Name	The Country Girls
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Authors	Edna O'Brien
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Genre	Bildungsroman , feminist literature
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Series	Country Girls trilogy
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Language	English
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Country	Ireland
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