A Long Long Way
Sebastian Barry
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Description for A Long Long Way
paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Play. Very good clean copy
Told in Sebastian Barry's characteristically beautiful prose, A Long Long Way evokes the camaraderie and humour of Willie and his regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, but also the cruelty and sadness of war, and the divided loyalties that many Irish soldiers felt. Tracing their experiences through the course of the war, the narrative brilliantly explores and dramatises the events of the Easter Rising within Ireland, and how such a seminal political moment came to affect those boys off fighting for the King of England on foreign fields - the paralysing doubts and divisions it caused them.
Told in Sebastian Barry's characteristically beautiful prose, A Long Long Way evokes the camaraderie and humour of Willie and his regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, but also the cruelty and sadness of war, and the divided loyalties that many Irish soldiers felt. Tracing their experiences through the course of the war, the narrative brilliantly explores and dramatises the events of the Easter Rising within Ireland, and how such a seminal political moment came to affect those boys off fighting for the King of England on foreign fields - the paralysing doubts and divisions it caused them.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571218004
SKU
KSG0031370
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His play The Steward of Christendom (1995) won many awards, and he is the author of two highly acclaimed novels, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998) and Annie Dunne (2002), which was described by Colm Toibin as 'a masterpiece'.
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