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Everyday occurrences, epic scope
Every so often a novel comes along that so perfectly unites form and content that you feel as if you’re wading through a dream. Irish author McCormack’s ‘S... READ MORE
Breathless and Heart breaking
Mike McCormack's novel in one sentence is a beautiful, moving piece of writing. There is not much in the way of plot, just the shifting memories of our nar... READ MORE
Synopsis
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
BGE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR
LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK
the Angelus bell
ringing out over its villages and townlands,
over the fields and hills and bogs in between,
six chimes of three across a minute and a half,
a summons struck
on the lip of the void
Marcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and routines of his life. Considering with his engineer's mind how things - bridges, banking systems, marriages - are constructed - and how they may come apart.
Mike McCormack captures with tenderness and feeling, in continuous, flowing prose, a whole life, suspended in a single hour.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- ISBN: 9781786891273
- Number of pages: 272
- Dimensions: 218 x 145 x 24 mm
- Weight: 375g
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Superb
A joy to read. Quite simply, a classic. The dreamlike quality of the prose drew me back to it time-and-again. I bought two copies; the first in Hardback, ... READ MORE
A beautifully crafted novel.
Narrated in a single sentence this novel tells the story of the life of Marcus Conway, viewed through his own rambling thoughts and reminiscences. Much has... READ MORE