{"product_id":"the-heart-in-winter-kevin-barry","title":"The Heart in Winter (Kevin Barry)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eHISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e IRISH EXAMINER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e SCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if we ride out tonight?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if we ride out and never once look back?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober, 1891. Butte, Montana. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city is rich on copper mines and rampant with vice and debauchery among a hard-living crowd of immigrant Irish workers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Here we find Tom Rourke, a young poet and balladmaker, but also a doper, a drinker and a fearsome degenerate. Just as he feels his life is heading nowhere fast, Polly Gillespie arrives in town as the new bride of the devout mine captain Long Anthony Harrington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thunderbolt love affair takes spark between Tom and Polly and they strike out west on a stolen horse, moving through the badlands of Montana and Idaho. Briefly an idyll of wild romance perfects itself. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunsmen are soon in hot pursuit of the lovers, and closing in fast . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels and three story collections. His awards include the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Goldsmiths Prize, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eEFG Short Story Award and the Lannan Foundation Literary Award. His stories and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. His novel, \u003ci\u003eNight Boat to Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas an Irish number one bestseller, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He also works as a playwright and screenwriter, and he lives in County Sligo, Ireland.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Print PDF, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63443329745245,"sku":"K097120349","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/227537-9712034900001A.jpg?v=1771167653","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-heart-in-winter-kevin-barry","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}