Prophet Song from Paul Lynch
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023

Category: Bücher
Edit year: 2023
Publishing House: Oneworld Publications
Language: Englisch
ISBN: 9780861546459

'Lynch pulls off feats of language that are stunning to witness... This is a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave.'Esi Edugyan, Chair of Judges, The Booker Prize 2023

A mother faces a terrible choice in this explosive literary sensation about a dystopian Ireland

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023

WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *SHORTLISTED FOR THE STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE * LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

ASUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER

ANEW YORK TIMESEDITOR'S CHOICE

AN AMAZON TOP 10 BOOK OF DECEMBER 2023

A Book of the Year for 2023according to theGuardian, FT, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Sunday Independent, Economist, Big Issue, Daily Telegraph, Irish Timesand Waterstones

'A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES... BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.'OBSERVER

The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, Larry, a trade unionist.

Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. Soon, she must decide just how far she is willing to go to keep her family safe.

Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winningnovelis a devastating vision of a country falling apart and a moving portrait of the resilience of the human spirit when faced with the darkest of times.

'A compassionate, propulsive and timely novel that forces the reader to imagine - what if this was me?'FT

4GBNominiert: Kirkus Prize, 2024

Paul Lynchis the author of the novelsRed Sky in Morning,The Black Snow, GraceandBeyond the Sea.Gracewon the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2018 and was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2018.The Black Snowwon France's Prix Libr'à Nous for Best Foreign Novel and was a finalist for the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize). He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. His website is www.paullynchwriter.com

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