{"product_id":"a-long-long-way-paperback","title":"A Long Long Way - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastian Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful new novel about divided loyalties and the realities of war from\u003c\/b\u003e \"master storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) Sebastian Barry, author of \u003ci\u003eOld God's Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves behind Dublin, his family, and the girl he plans to marry in order to enlist in the Allied forces and face the Germans on the Western Front. Once there, he encounters a horror of violence and gore he could not have imagined and sustains his spirit with only the words on the pages from home and the camaraderie of the mud-covered Irish boys who fight and die by his side. Dimly aware of the political tensions that have grown in Ireland in his absence, Willie returns on leave to find a world split and ravaged by forces closer to home. Despite the comfort he finds with his family, he knows he must rejoin his regiment and fight until the end. With grace and power, Sebastian Barry vividly renders Willie's personal struggle as well as the overwhelming consequences of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include \u003ci\u003eBoss Grady's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eThe Steward of Christendom\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Sligo\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Pride of Parnell Street\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eDallas Sweetman\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Among his novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eAnnie Dunne\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eA Long Long Way\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Colourist\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eFanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and \u003ci\u003eThe Pinkening Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). His awards include the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize, the London Critics Circle Award, The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, and Costa Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. He lives in Wicklow with his wife Ali, and three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 7.86 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753771204896,"sku":"9780143035091","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e60fe72cf064c3589ae3389c1d076db.webp?v=1780027154","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-long-long-way-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}