Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

The Edge of Sadness

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.6
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.6
7.6
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1961

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
United States of America

3.8/5
Goodreads

Publication date
  
1961

Author
  
Publisher
  
Little, Brown and Company

The Edge of Sadness t1gstaticcomimagesqtbnANd9GcRiaBnbOa83Fl5Ah

Media type
  
Print (hardback & paperback)

Similar
  
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners, Novels

The Edge of Sadness is a novel by the American author Edwin O'Connor. It was published in 1961 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962. The story is about a middle-aged Catholic priest in New England.

Story

This drama revolves around Father Hugh Kennedy, who is a recovering alcoholic. in the beginning of the story Kennedy has returned to his home town (an unnamed New England seaport city that is the seat of a bishop rather than an archbishop; it thus most closely corresponds with O'Connor's own birthplace of Providence, RI) to try to mend his professional career as a priest. He becomes involved again with the Carmodys, a wealthy family whose ancestry, like his own, is Irish, and whom he has known since childhood. The story that unfolds is a tale of long hidden emotion and longing. It deals with friendship and loneliness, spirituality and newfound hope.

References

The Edge of Sadness Wikipedia


Similar Topics