26 min read Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Eimear McBride, Colm TóibÃn, EilÃs Nà Dhuibhne and more pay tribute to one of Irelandâs greatest and most influential authors
Eimear McBride Iâve been lucky enough to know Edna OâBrien for most of my life. First, and far longer, from the page. Second, and only more recently, in the flesh. From both relationships, I have learned an awful lot. For my reader self, she is an absolutely defining writer. For my writer self, she is the bar I strive to attain as well as a model of perseverance in a world of fools.