{"product_id":"9781784165000-the-spinning-heart","title":"The Spinning Heart","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STUNNING FIRST NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HEART BE AT PEACE AND STRANGE FLOWERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow five times winner of the Irish Novel of the Year and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISCOVER DONAL RYAN'S NEW NOVEL, HEART BE AT PEACE, WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy . \u003cb\u003eif it was a song you could sing it\u003c\/b\u003e' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. \u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e' JOHN BOYNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, moving and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' EDNA O'BRIEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450830729590,"sku":"9781784165000","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39248039_99083221-8e27-499d-8cd0-e3353ae64730.jpg?v=1767112002","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784165000-the-spinning-heart","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}