The Thing About December by Donal Ryan
While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Set over the course of one year of Johnsey's life, this book is about his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt.
A force of nature.. a life-enhancing talent -- Sebastian Barry
A force of nature ... a life-enhancing talent -- Sebastian Barry
His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating -- Anne Enright
His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating -- Anne Enright
Compelling and heartbreaking . . beautiful, yet simple and utterly convincing * The Sunday Times *
A force of nature ... a life-enhancing talent -- Sebastian Barry
His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating -- Anne Enright
His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating -- Anne Enright
Compelling and heartbreaking . . beautiful, yet simple and utterly convincing * The Sunday Times *
Donal Ryan, from Nenagh, County Tipperary, has published seven number one bestselling novels and a short story collection. He has won several awards for his fiction, including the European Union Prize for Literature, the Guardian First Book Award and six Irish Book Awards, and has been shortlisted for several more, including the Costa Book Award and the Dublin International Literary Award. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 2013 for his debut novel, The Spinning Heart, and again in 2018, for his fourth novel, From A Low and Quiet Sea. The Spinning Heart was voted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016. In 2021 Donal became the first Irish writer to be awarded the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature. His most recent novel, Heart Be at Peace, won both Novel of the Year and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Nero Book Awards. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages. Donal has lectured in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick since 2014 and lives in Castletroy with his wife Anne Marie and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552773577 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552773573 |
| Title | The Thing About December |
| Author | Donal Ryan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-09-18 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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