A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
by Annie Ryan from Eimear McBride

Name: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
Brand: Annie Ryan from Eimear McBride
SKU: 9780571325795
Rating: 3.83 (115 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

British Adaptation

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this adaptation, with many praising the powerful emotional impact and the original writing style, while others find the syntax and content overwhelming and confusing. Overall, the performance is described as haunting and captivating, often evoking strong responses. Some express that the play is best experienced live rather than through the text alone.

Beautiful and fragmented writingHaunting one-woman performanceCaptures inner monologue wellConfusing and overwhelming syntax

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.

ThemesBrain--Tumors--Patients Brain--Tumors--Patients--Drama Brothers and sisters Brothers and sisters--Drama Girls Girls--Ireland--Drama PR6118.Y352 G57 2015