The Little Red Chairs
In Edna O'Brien's novel, a stranger masquerading as a healer settles in a small Irish village, where the locals fall under his spell.
Edna O’Brien
Vlad, a stranger from Eastern Europe, masquerading as a healer, settles in a small Irish village where the locals fall under his spell. One woman, Fidelma McBride, becomes so enamoured that she begs him for a child. All that world is shattered when Vlad is arrested, and his identity as a war criminal is revealed.
Fidelma, disgraced, flees to England and seeks work among the other migrants displaced by wars and persecution. But it is not until she confronts him — her nemesis — at the tribunal in The Hague, that her physical and emotional journey reaches its breathtaking climax. (From Little, Brown and Company)
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