A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing - (Faber Drama) by Eimear McBride (Paperback)

About the Book

"Originally published in 2013 by Galley Beggar Press, Great Britain. First published in the United States in 2014 by Coffee House Press."

Book Synopsis

Winner of numerous literary awards including the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the Goldsmiths Prize, Eimear McBride's debut novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing plunges us into the psyche of a girl with breathtaking fury and intimacy.

Adapted for the stage by Annie Ryan for The Corn Exchange, Eimear McBride's A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2014.

Review Quotes

'Eimear McBride is a writer of remarkable power and originality.' --Times Literary Supplement

'An instant classic.' --Guardian

'Unflinching... magnificent... The narrative transposes effortlessly to the stage, as if this is where it belongs.' --Guardian

'One of the best stage adaptations of a novel you're likely to see.' --Sunday Times

About the Author

Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and studied acting at Drama Centre London. Her debut novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing took nine years to publish and subsequently received the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, the Goldsmiths Prize, Desmond Elliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, as well as numerous other shortlistings including the Folio Prize and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award. She occasionally writes and reviews for the Guardian, the New Statesman and the TLS.