The Spinning Heart

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<p><b>THE STUNNING FIRST NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HEART BE AT PEACE AND WHERE ARE THE KINGS</b></p><ul><li><b>Winner of the Guardian First Book Award </b></li><li><b>Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award </b></li><li><b>Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize</b></li><li><b>Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards</b></li><li><b>Winner of the European Prize for Literature </b></li><li><b>Voted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016</b></li><li><b>Voted top 20 Irish Books of last 20 years 2026</b></li></ul><p><i><b>"My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day he lets me down. He hasn't yet missed a day of letting me down."</b> </i></p><p>Now winner of six Irish Book Awards and a No.1 bestselling author, Donal Ryan exploded on to the literary scene with his stunning debut, set in the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse. When dangerous tensions surface in a small Irish town, the characters face a battle between their public persona and inner desires. Told through a chorus of twenty-one unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.</p><p><i>The Spinning Heart</i> speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and, with uncanny perception, articulates the words and thoughts of a generation.</p><p><i>Covers may vary</i></p><p><b>Discover Donal Ryan's new novel, WHERE ARE THE KINGS, out now.</b></p><p>****</p><p>'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... <b>if it was a song you could sing it</b>' ANNE ENRIGHT</p><p>'<b>Donal Ryan is the real deal</b> ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' <i>SUNDAY INDEPENDENT</i></p><p>'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. <b>Outstanding</b>' JOHN BOYNE</p><p>'<b>It's furious, it's moving, i

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781784165000

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 131 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publishers Ltd