Sebastian Barry

Broschiertes Buch

A Long Long Way

Beschreibung

Readers meet Willie Dunne when he is still a gifted boy growing up in Dublin and follow him--through a diary and letters home--into battle during World War II where he must shoulder the unending internal damages of the war along with the hatred of his own countrymen for fighting for Britain.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 132mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780143035091
• ISBN-10: 0143035096
• Artikelnr.: 22270498