Paris, France | AFP | Tuesday 11/5/2019 - 22:30 UTC+8 Veteran Irish writer Edna O'Brien was honoured with a special prize Tuesday after her latest novel narrowly missed out on France's Femina award for foreign fiction. "Girl", which tells the story of a young woman abducted by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, has been hailed by critics. The Observer said it showed "audacity and tact." The Guardian marvelled at how aged 88 she "appears to be more unafraid of experiment and risk than ever." While the all-female jury of the Femina handed their top foreign fiction prize to the Spanish novelist Manuel Vilas for his autobi...
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