{"product_id":"the-spinning-heart-donal-ryan","title":"The Spinning Heart (Donal Ryan)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STUNNING FIRST NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HEART BE AT PEACE AND WHERE ARE THE KINGS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Guardian First Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the European Prize for Literature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoted top 20 Irish Books of last 20 years 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day he lets me down. He hasn't yet missed a day of letting me down.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow winner of six Irish Book Awards and a No.1 bestselling author, Donal Ryan exploded on to the literary scene with his stunning debut, set in the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse. When dangerous tensions surface in a small Irish town, the characters face a battle between their public persona and inner desires. Told through a chorus of twenty-one unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/i\u003e speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and, with uncanny perception, articulates the words and thoughts of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCovers may vary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover Donal Ryan's new novel, WHERE ARE THE KINGS, out now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... \u003cb\u003eif it was a song you could sing it\u003c\/b\u003e' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan is the real deal\u003c\/b\u003e ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. \u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e' JOHN BOYNE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIt's furious, it's moving, it's darkly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, it punches you right in the gut' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, moving and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' EDNA O'BRIEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The unambiguous announcement of a genuine and apparently fully-formed new talent' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDonal 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 \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 2018, for his fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eFrom A Low and Quiet Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eHeart Be at Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 176 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65806262272349,"sku":"K087350261","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8735026100001A.jpg?v=1788472307","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-spinning-heart-donal-ryan","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}