Prophet Song: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 by Paul Lynch Paperback Book

Description: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch A mother faces a terrible choice in this explosive literary sensation about a dystopian Ireland FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Paul Lynch is peerless Donal Ryan, author of Strange FlowersAn Irish Times Book to Look Forward to in 2023A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning authorOn 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 Irelands newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish can only watch helplessly as the world she knew disappears. When first her husband and then her eldest son vanish, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a collapsing society.How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind?Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality, offering a devastating vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mothers fight to hold her family together. Author Biography Paul Lynch is the award-winning author of the novels Beyond the Sea, Grace, The Black Snow and Red Sky in Morning. He has won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and Frances Prix Librà Nous for Best Foreign Novel, among other prizes. His books have been shortlisted for numerous international awards, including Frances Prix Jean Monnet for European Literature, Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Prix Littérature Monde and the Walter Scott Prize. He lives in Dublin. Review 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 2023If there was ever a crucial book for our current times, its Paul Lynchs Prophet Song... A brilliantly haunting novel. ObserverWith...Prophet Song, the judges have chosen perhaps the most timely and urgent book on the shortlist... its also the very intimate, elemental story of one womans love for her family, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the immediate world around her in the face of rising chaos. GuardianProphet Song is composed of masterful sentences, and packs a profound emotional punch. Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize FoundationI havent read a book that has shaken me so intensely in many years... The comparisons are inevitable – Saramago, Orwell, McCarthy – but this novel will stand entirely on its own. Colum McCann, author of ApeirogonPowerful, claustrophobic and horribly real... Lynchs depiction of Eilish is nuanced and sympathetic, and in the fiercely embodied quality of her love for her children, entirely successful. GuardianSurely one of the most important novels of this decade. Ron Rash, author of SerenaA compassionate, propulsive and timely novel that forces the reader to imagine — what if this was me? FTThe fifth novel from one of the most acclaimed Irish writers of his generation… As an adventure story-cum-political warning, its being touted as "Irelands 1984". TelegraphIn his typically lyrical, lulling style, Lynch pulls off a masterstroke… The chill, so close to home, is blood curdling. Big IssueChillingly plausible. Irish TimesThunderously powerful... In Prophet Song Paul Lynch asks us to face some of our darkest fears, and if he offers no comfort, and little hope, then we must surely recognize his true purpose: that the furious reader should return to the real world determined to find a better ending for this story. TLSOne of the most harrowing, minatory and provocative novels I have read in a while. It has the sharp cut of reality despite being set in an alternate version of our world, except for when it is all too recognisable. The final and penultimate chapters are truly shuddersome. ScotsmanEilish is a wonderful creation… Lynch does an excellent job of showing just how swiftly – and plausibly – a society like ours could collapse. Certain sequences read like a thriller – readers will find themselves literally holding their breath – while others are rendered in beautiful, lyrical prose. Irish IndependentThe work of a master novelist, Prophet Song is a stunning, midnight vision whose themes are at once ancient and all too timely: fear, complicity, resistance, and what becomes of us when hell rises to our homeland. Rob Doyle, author of ThresholdA profoundly human story that brings to life the horror of living in a modern war zone. Deft, subtle and written in strikingly beautiful prose, with this stunning novel Paul Lynch has joined the ranks of Atwood, Orwell and Burgess. Christine Dwyer Hickey, author of The Narrow LandWhile much of the books sinister power lies in how Lynch hints at the steps by which democracy gives way to totalitarianism, its real energy comes from how he portrays the continuing everyday pressure of Eilishs obligations to her children and frail father amid the deepening turmoil… [A] provocative thought experiment. Daily MailA tremendous achievement... This is one of the most important novels of 2023. Paul Lynch is a fearless writer – unafraid of taking on large themes and tackling them face to face. Irish ExaminerLynch renders this almost-Ireland in fluid, poetic prose, moulding sentences as if they were made of plasticine. Its no surprise that since his debut he has been compared with the American writer Cormac McCarthy. The Sunday Times (Ireland)Gripping, brilliantly realised... A masterly novel that reminds us that democracy is always fragile. Literary ReviewLynchs writing bristles with tension… While Lynchs novel is a laudable addition to a genre that serves as a warning about how easy it is to lose the freedoms we take for granted, perhaps its greatest achievement is that at no point do the events depicted feel too improbable to be realistic… Prophet Song is entirely original. Sunday Independent (Dublin)A prophetic masterpiece. Washington PostA chilling cautionary tale of war, parenthood and loss. Tender and terrifying. Economist, Best Books of 2023Terrifyingly good... Its so credible and therefore more scary as a result. Belfast Telegraph Promotional A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author Details ISBN0861545893 Author Paul Lynch Pages 320 Publisher Oneworld Publications Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780861545896 Format Paperback Imprint Oneworld Publications Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9780861546459 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General Subtitle WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 AU Release Date 2024-04-22 ISBN-10 0861545893 Publication Date 2024-05-02 UK Release Date 2024-05-02 Edition Description MMP We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161501749;

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