Girl on a Bicycle
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Girl on a Bicycle is a 1977 novel
by Leland Bardwell
(her first). The novel is set in 1940s Ireland
, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change. It is a coming-of-age story for Julie Da Vraire as she makes her way on her own after being socially outcast.
(author of A Clockwork Orange
) described the novel as "a period gem". While Senator David Norris sees the work as the "best Irish big house novel of the 20th century".
Frances Molloy's No Mate for the Magpie, published in 1985, as well as the works of Mary Dorcey
and Evelyn Cordon, have been compared to the style of Girl on a Bicycle.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Leland Bardwell
Leland Bardwell
Leland Bardwell is an Irish poet, novelist and playwright. She was born in India to Irish parents, and moved to Ireland at the age of two.-Life and reputation:...
(her first). The novel is set in 1940s Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change. It is a coming-of-age story for Julie Da Vraire as she makes her way on her own after being socially outcast.
Reception
Anthony BurgessAnthony Burgess
John Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
(author of A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is a 1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess. The novel contains an experiment in language: the characters often use an argot called "Nadsat", derived from Russian....
) described the novel as "a period gem". While Senator David Norris sees the work as the "best Irish big house novel of the 20th century".
Frances Molloy's No Mate for the Magpie, published in 1985, as well as the works of Mary Dorcey
Mary Dorcey
Mary Dorcey is an Irish short story writer, poet and novelist.-Biography:Dorcey won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Literature in 1990 for her short story collection A Noise from the Woodshed. She is a member by peer election of 'Aosdana' the Academy of Irish Artists...
and Evelyn Cordon, have been compared to the style of Girl on a Bicycle.
Publication history
- 1977: Dublin: Irish Writers Co-operative. - 160 pages. - . - ISBN 978-0905441023.
- 2009: Dublin: Liberties Press. - 192 pages. - . - ISBN 978-1905483792.
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- (Chester Springs, Pennsylvania: Dufour Editions - U.S. distributor).