
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
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Narrated by:
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Eimear McBride
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By:
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Eimear McBride
About this listen
Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2014
Winner of The Desmond Elliot Prize 2014
Winner of the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize 2013
Winner of the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2014
Shortlisted for the inaugural Folio Prize 2014
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing is an unforgettable novel from a major new literary talent. Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings, and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist.
The author's spellbinding reading illuminates every nuance of the text with feeling and sympathy. The listener enters the narrator's head, experiencing her world at first hand. This isn't always comfortable - but it is always a revelation.
©2013 Eimear McBride (P)2014 Faber AudioCritic reviews
Listeners may take a while to get used to the style but DO stick with it, it’s worth the initial effort to listen to the words tumble and roll around, sometimes staccato and brittle, at other times gentle and yielding.
This is a work of art - the words are the inks that splatter and splash the story-soaked pictures into your mind where you will return again and again to marvel at their brilliance.
A literary work of art.
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Poetry......
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Excellent.
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Astoundingly brilliant
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Ingenious writing- disturbing yet fascinating
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Where does A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In terms of the reading, this is one of the best I've heard.Would you be willing to try another book from Eimear McBride? Why or why not?
On the basis of the excellence of the reading, I'd try another. However, the content of this one requires a strong stomach and some persistence. This is not light-weight material.What does Eimear McBride bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
An amazingly fluent and rhythmic reading that gains momentum and emotion as it nears the end.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It should be listened to in one reading, but it is a grim story which is horrifying as much as it is beautiful and moving.Any additional comments?
I didn't think I would like this, but it is difficult not to acknowledge how difficult this book must have been to write. While I did not like the story, I cannot help but admire the skill with which it is written as well as the way it is delivered in this very unique reading by the author herself.Extraordinary reading - not for the faint-hearted
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It's written like a stream of consciousness which I always struggle to understand or enjoy. I think if I'd read the book I would have given up but Eimar emphasises all the right areas to make it easier to decipher. If it's not something you'd usually listen to or a book you've struggled with, I'd say embrace it and go with the flow of the words, that's the best way to get the most from it and enjoy it. Well worth a listen.
Stream of Consciousness
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It's a book I'm glad I listened to but now I need to listen to something a bit lighter.
Challenging but beautifully written and narrated
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tantalising
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Disturbing, compulsive
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