From “one of the best writers in the English language” (The Washington Post), a sweeping yet intimate novel about one man’s life in the aftermath of the Civil War
“I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things...were gone forever.”
Born into bondage in Union-leaning northwestern Tennessee, Tennyson Bouguereau’s life revolves around his sister, Rosalee, his work in the Magan family’s tobacco fields, and keeping apart from his pro-Confederate neighbors. In the wake of emancipation, when a gang of defeated soldiers descends on the farm—now also home to Irish immigrant Thomas McNulty; his companion, John Cole; and their adopted Lakota daughter, Winona—Tennyson commits a deadly act. Tennyson will not now have the chance to till the ten acres Magan has given him and Rosalee as their own. Instead, he must leave everything he knows, and venture into the newer world.
Set against the rapidly shifting landscape of mid-19th century America, from a choir school in Nashville to an army camp in New Mexico, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way. Dreamlike and unforgettable, it is the work of a consummate storyteller at the height of his powers.
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Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. He is the author of nine previous novels, as well as numerous plays. He is the first novelist to twice win the Costa Book of the Year award, for Days Without End and The Secret Scripture, has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture, and has thrice been longlisted for the Booker Prize, for Old God's Time, Days Without End and On Canaan’s Side. The 2018-2021 Laureate for Irish Fiction, he lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Astonishing . . . urgently contemporary. . . In [Barrys] hands [language] attains registers that can only be described as soaring. Sara Collins, The Guardian Blazes with an authenticity and poignancy. Financial Times Inspiring, tragic and deeply moving. Times Literary Supplement From five-time Booker Prize nominee Sebastian Barry, a sweeping yet intimate novel about one mans life the in the aftermath of the Civil WarI knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . were gone forever.Born into bondage in Union-leaning northwest Tennessee, Tennyson Bouguereau spends his days working the tobacco fields of a small farm, avoiding any action that might drive his pro-Confederate neighbors to the kind of unprovoked violence that killed his mother. But when, in the wake of emancipation, a gang of defeated rebels descends on the farm, his choice to defend it and the people within makes Tennyson a wanted man. He will now not have the chance to till the ten acres he and his sister, Rosalee, have been given as their own. Instead, he must leave the relative safety of the only home hes known and venture into the newer world.Set against the rapidly shifting landscape of nineteenth-century America, from a religious school in Nashville to army camps in New Mexico and South Dakota, and featuring beloved characters from Sebastian Barrys award-winning novels Days Without End and A Thousand Moons, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way. Dreamlike and unforgettable, it is the work of a consummate storyteller at the height of his powers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780593654613
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