The Thing About December
$22.63
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2014
Summary
Brilliantly realized and deeply moving second novel from the author of the award-winning The Spinning Heart.
From the twice Man Booker longlisted author of From a Low and Quiet Sea.
“A force of nature … a life-enhancing talent” - Sebastian Barry
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. Village bullies and schemin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552773577 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552773573 |
| Author: | Donal Ryan |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
A force of nature … a life-enhancing talent
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 *
Compelling and heartbreaking . . beautiful, yet simple and utterly convincing * The Sunday Times *
Cements Ryan as the sharpest chronicler of modern Irish life * Esquire *
Cements Ryan as the sharpest chronicler of modern Irish life * Esquire *
Painfully moving … Ryan’s work has set a benchmark to which other writers will aspire. – John Boyne * The Irish Times *
Painfully moving … Ryan’s work has set a benchmark to which other writers will aspire. – John Boyne * The Irish Times *
About The Author
Donal Ryan
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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