{"product_id":"9780241996799-remembrance-sunday","title":"Remembrance Sunday","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exceptional . The imaginative storytelling and fine prose of \u003ci\u003eRemembrance Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e puts McKeon in the big leagues' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A supreme storyteller' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you enjoy Colum McCann's work, this novel is for you' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eImpressive . A poignant, delicately composed novel that doesn't stint on the wreckage of violence' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eBeautifully written' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAll That is Solid Melts into Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChinatown, New York. After a chance encounter with an old friend, Simon Hanlon, an Irish architect, experiences a seizure, his first in almost thirty years. Soon, they come to him daily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he awaits a brain operation, Simon turns his mind back to his childhood on a farm near the Irish border. At fifteen, he was present when an IRA bomb exploded at the Remembrance Sunday parade in Enniskillen. It was in the following weeks that his seizures first began. Now, he is compelled to seek out the bomber from the remnants of his past, and to ask himself the question: why do we harm one another?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembrance Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and unforgettable novel about love, empathy and the ways in which history imprints itself upon our hearts and minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply felt and delicate, \u003ci\u003eRemembrance Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely evocation of the havoc the Troubles wreaked, not just on the street, but on the soul' \u003cb\u003eCLAIRE KILROY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully wrought, startlingly perceptive, stealthily gripping . It moves masterfully between the forensic and the lyrical, the meditative and the dramatic, the personal and the political' \u003cb\u003eKEVIN POWER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McKeon animates a story out of the North's recent history with much skill and empathy. Complicating the commonplace, attempting to make sense of the senseless, the novel is an impressive and moving act of imagination and remembrance' \u003cb\u003eNICK LAIRD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunning achievement. I was completely gripped by it and awed at the sublime skill and beauty of its execution. Darragh has created a work of art of immediate relevance and enduring importance' \u003cb\u003eDONAL RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540645486689,"sku":"9780241996799","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32318365.jpg?v=1737186391","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241996799-remembrance-sunday","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}