The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

ISBN 10: 0670019402 / ISBN 13: 9780670019403

Edité par Viking Penguin, 2008

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New York: Viking Penguin, 2008. First American edition. New hardcover in new unclipped and protected DJ.An epic story of love and betrayal by this novelist, playwright and poet who was named Laureate for Irish Fiction, 2018 2021.

N° de réf. du vendeur L-BA2008H_1224

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Secret Scripture
• Éditeur: Viking Penguin
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0670019402
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780670019403
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Recording the events of her life from a mental hospital as her hundredth birthday approaches, Roseanne McNulty considers returning to society when she learns that the hospital is about to close, but her situation is complicated by the possibility that Roseanne remembers her life quite differently from what is documented in her patient records. 15,000 first printing.

Revue de presse

"[Barry writes] in language of surpassing beauty. . . . It is like a song, with all the pulse of the Irish language, a song sung liltingly and plaintively from the top of Ben Bulben into the airy night." —Dinitia Smith, The New York Times

"Barry recounts all this in prose of often startling beauty. Just as he describes people stopping in the street to look at Roseanne, so I often found myself stopping to look at the sentences he gave her, wanting to pause and copy them down." —Margot Livesey, The Boston Globe

"Luminous and lyrical."—O, The Oprah Magazine

"A great novel about a ninety-nine-year-old woman...trying to understand the truth of her life...Along the way are some of the most beautifully formed prose passages I have ever read." —Thomas Cahill, author of How the Irish Saved Civilization 

"Written in captivating, lyrical prose, Barry's novel is both a sparkling literary puzzle and a stark cautionary tale of corrupted power." —Publishers Weekly

"Part of Barry's artistry is the sheer poetry of his prose, now heart-stoppingly lyrical, now heart-poundingly thrilling. An unforgettable portrait of mid-twentieth-century Ireland." —Booklist

"It is a poignant story of the horrors and hypocrisies of rural Ireland, the cruelties of civil war, and the pernicious influence of the priesthood. Roseanne is a vivid and engaging protagonist, and Barry makes rich use of the circumlocutions of his native tongue." —The Daily Mail (London)

"Dark, awkward, and exceptionally finely written."—The Telegraph (London)

"In this book, the worlds each character builds are significantly, tantalizingly estranged from each other. The novel's delight lies in the way in which the two tales—and, eventually the two lives—begin to coalesce, to the utter surprise of both the characters and the reader."
—The Economist