Synopsis
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
Annie Ryan from Eimear McBride
Published by Faber & Faber
0 Male 1 Female
The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014
The Desmond Elliott Prize 2014
The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2014
The Goldsmith Prize 2013
Listed in Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Guardian, NPR, and many more
Now this "instant classic" has been brought to vivid life on stage
This intense female monologue plunges us into the psyche of a girl with breathtaking fury and intimacy as it follows her inner narrative from the womb to the age of twenty with shocking intensity and originality
This Girl is a character of astonishing resilience and intelligence
Someone determined to make sense of things amidst the crushing Catholicism and poverty of her Irish childhood
Anne Ryan's brilliant adaptation premiered to great acclaim at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
REVIEWS
"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