I Am Not Afraid of Notoriety: a Memoir by Edna O'brien
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When my body decays like a broken piano, I will still remember the many gifts of life. I was born into a declining rural family in Ireland. His father was violent and alcoholic, while his mother was patient and tenacious - like most women of that era. As a child, I loved writing outdoors and escaping with words. Later, I was sent to a monastery, but I longed for a more "sinful" life. After running away from Dublin and moving to London with my husband, I finally found the freedom to write. But my literary ambitions were thwarted by him and not forgiven by my mother. My books were burned, the phantom of love was shattered, my marriage collapsed, I fought for custody, and became a single mother... Along the way, I also met Samuel Beckett, Jacqueline... The world was vast, and I found my voice. This life is full of extreme joy and sorrow, success and failure, fame and killing. I know that this is the secret of writing: it comes from suffering, from times that are torn apart, moments when the heart is cut open. I know that the joy of life is always short. We are all on the road, going somewhere else, spiraling up, up.
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