Prophet Song

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023

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<p><strong>WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023</strong></p><p><strong>WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN PO</strong><strong>ST IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 * </strong><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>SUNDAY TIMES </em>BESTSELLER</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> EDITOR'S CHOICE</strong></p><p><strong>AN AMAZON TOP 10 BOOK OF DECEMBER 2023</strong></p><p><strong>A Book of the Year for 2023 </strong>according to the <em>Guardian, FT, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Sunday Independent, Economist, Big Issue, Daily Telegraph, Irish Times</em> and Waterstones</p><p><strong>'A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES... BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.' <em>OBSERVER</em></strong></p><p><strong>The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism </strong></p><div><p>On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, Larry, a trade unionist.</p><p>Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. Soon, she must decide just how far she is willing to go to keep her family safe.</p><p>Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winningnovelis a devastating vision of a country falling apart and a moving portrait of the resilience of the human spirit when faced with the darkest of times.</p><p><strong>'A compassionate, propulsive and timely novel that forces the reader to imagine - what if this was me?' <em>FT </em></strong></p></div>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780861546459

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

239 x 166 x 37 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Oneworld Publications