9780143035091: A Long Long Way
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ISBN 10: 0143035096 ISBN 13: 9780143035091
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

A powerful novel about divided loyalties and the realities of war from "master storyteller" (Wall Street Journal) Sebastian Barry, author of Old God's Time

>Dimly aware of the political tensions that have grown in Ireland in his absence, Willie returns on leave to find a world split and ravaged by forces closer to home. Despite the comfort he finds with his family, he knows he must rejoin his regiment and fight until the end. With grace and power, Sebastian Barry vividly renders Willie's personal struggle as well as the overwhelming consequences of war.

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Sebastian Barry is a writer and playwright who was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include Boss Grady's Boys, The Steward of Christendom, Our Lady of Sligo, The Pride of Parnell Street, and Dallas Sweetman. Among his novels are The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, Annie Dunne, and A Long Long Way, the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes The Water-Colourist, Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever, and The Pinkening Boy. His accolades include the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize, the London Critics Circle Award, The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, and Costa Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. He lives in Wicklow with his wife Ali, and their three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.

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Verlag
Penguin Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0143035096
ISBN 13 
9780143035091
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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