In Transit

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ISBN: 9781628976717

Brigid Brophy

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Dalkey Archive Press
13 October 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Essentials

A gender-bending satire from one of Ireland's most brilliant and outspoken writers, as fresh and thought-provoking today as it was on its original publication in 1969.

Set in an airport lounge, In Transit follows contemporary traveller Evelyn Hillary O'Rooley, who has ""lost"" his/her gender, prompting him/her to perform a series of unsuccessful, yet bizarrely hilarious, philosophical and anatomical tests to rediscover it. Divided into four symphony sections, Brigid Brophy surrounds this simple plot device with an endless stream of puns, allusions, and experimentation with narrative consciousness, as our protagonist finds him/herself in a situation quite similar to a modern Orlando.

Widely considered the novel which catapulted Brophy to renown as a postmodern writer, In Transit is a textual labyrinth--littered with word games, metafictional events, and surrealist encounters that challenge readers preconceived notions of gender, identity, and reality. With a new introduction by [TK], Dalkey Archive Press is thrilled to reintroduce Brophy's relentlessly clever and prescient masterpiece to contemporary readers.

By: Brigid Brophy
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9781628976717
ISBN 10: 1628976713
Series: Essentials
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 13 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was an Irish-English author, literary critic, essayist, and polemicist. Born in London to writer John Brophy, Brophy studied Classics at St. Hugh's College, and was influenced by writers such as George Bernard Shaw, Evelyn Waugh, and Sigmund Freud. Alongside writing, Brophy was an avid activist who championed several types of social reform, including vegetarianism, humanism, and animal rights. She was a staunch feminist and pacifist, writing columns opposing the Vietnam War and openly rejecting sexual orthodoxy along with her partner, art historian Michael Levey.