A Long Long Way
Sep 2005 · Sold by Penguin
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
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 and The Newer World
In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves behind Dublin, his family, and the girl he plans to marry in order to enlist in the Allied forces and face the Germans on the Western Front. Once there, he encounters a horror of violence and gore he could not have imagined and sustains his spirit with only the words on the pages from home and the camaraderie of the mud-covered Irish boys who fight and die by his side.
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.
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 and The Newer World
In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves behind Dublin, his family, and the girl he plans to marry in order to enlist in the Allied forces and face the Germans on the Western Front. Once there, he encounters a horror of violence and gore he could not have imagined and sustains his spirit with only the words on the pages from home and the camaraderie of the mud-covered Irish boys who fight and die by his side.
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.
FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
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 and The Newer World
In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves behind Dublin, his family, and t...
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May 5, 2013
Excellent story of the mixed loyalties in war.
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About the author
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.
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,...
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