The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty - Brossura

Barry, Sebastian

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ISBN 10: 0140280189 ISBN 13: 9780140280180

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 1999

Riassunto

Eneas is marked as a traitor after signing up to fight with the British in World War I, becomes a hunted man targeted by IRA hitmen, and is forced to live on the run for the rest of his life. A first novel. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"It's a symphony of a novel, and you'll sing along and wander with Eneas McNulty into the next century."—Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes

"Magnificent...No one who loves fiction will want to reach the end of this bewitching, penetrating, unforgettable book."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"The story that emerges through Barry's lens is so cohesive, so gracefully rendered, that his words have the stony allur eof the Irish poetes and the lyrical pull of an epic storyteller...A beautiful story."—The Boston Globe 

"From the first sentences of the book we know we are in the hands of a master storyteller with important things to say about history and the individual's role in it. Eneas's gripping and tragic story serves as a reminder of the fine line that exists between hero and murderer, politician and criminal."—The Wall Street Journal

"Barry's language is honed to an impressive edge... There's not an ill-wrought sentence here, and most of them glitter and spin off the page with the kind of impact that begs for them to be read aloud."—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Sebastian Barry uses the language with great imagination but never overwrites. This book is a wonderful gift, in every sense."—The Washington Post 

"Barry endows Eneas with so much gentleness that we can't help caring about him...Above all, it is the splendor of the writing that rivets our attention. Barry is a spellbinder in the great Irish tradition."—New York Newsday

"Barry brings beautiful and poetic language to bear on a painful and unsettling part of Irish history...A surprising and emotional novel; high recommended."—Library Journal 

L'autore:

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include Boss Grady's Boys (1988), The Steward of Christendom (1995), Our Lady of Sligo (1998), The Pride of Parnell Street (2007), and Dallas Sweetman (2008). Among his novels are The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998), Annie Dunne (2002) and A Long Long Way (2005), the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes The Water-Colourist (1982), Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever (1989) and The Pinkening Boy (2005). His awards 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 three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140280189
• ISBN 13: 9780140280180
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336