The Spinning Heart - Hardcover

Ryan, Donal

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ISBN 10: 1444820613 ISBN 13: 9781444820614

Publisher: Ulverscroft Ltd, 2014

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Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013

Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012

"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."

In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.

The Spinning Heart 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. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant.

Donal Ryan's brilliantly realized debut announces a stunning new voice in literary fiction.

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Review

"Funny, moving and beautifully written" (Edna O'Brien)

"There's a powerful sense of place and shared history binding Ryan's many voices, their inner and outer selves, distilling a linguistic richness comparable to Under Milk Wood. . . . Ryan's novel . . . seems to draw speech out of the deepest silences; the testimony of his characters rings rich and true - funny and poignant and banal and extraordinary - and we can't help but listen." (The Guardian)

"Powerful and affecting . . . [a] superb, unforgettable and topical debut." (The Times)

"Humane, funny, moving and relevant, this is extremely impressive stuff." (Daily Mail)

"A formidable debut, with snatches of the savage comedy of Patrick McCabe and a wistful cadence all its own." (Daily Telegraph)

Book Description

This stunning debut has won major acclaim, winning the Guardian First Book Award 2013, Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.

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