{"product_id":"i-could-read-the-sky-paperback","title":"I Could Read the Sky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy O'Grady\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Pyke\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece\"--Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn old man lies alone and sleepless in London. Before dawn he is taken by an image from his childhood in the West of Ireland, and begins to remember a migrant's life. Haunted by the faces and the land he left behind, he calls forth the bars and boxing booths of England, the potato fields and building sites, the music he played and the woman he loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy O'Grady's tender, vivid prose and Steve Pyke's starkly beautiful photographs combine to make a unique work of fiction, an act of remembering suffused with loss, defiance and an unforgettable loveliness. An Irish life with echoes of the lives of unregarded migrant workers everywhere. Since it was first published in 1997, \u003ci\u003eI Could Read the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e has achieved the status of a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy O'Grady\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Chicago and has lived in Ireland, London, Spain and Poland. He is the author of four works of non-fiction and three novels. His novel \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e won the David Higham award for the best first novel in 1989. His novel \u003ci\u003eI Could Read the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with photographer Steve Pyke, won the Encore Award for best second novel of 1997. \u003ci\u003eI Could Read the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e was filmed and also travelled as a stage show. His most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eLight\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, \u003cb\u003eSteve Pyke\u003c\/b\u003e was a punk rocker with an itch to do something more singular. He borrowed a friend's camera and since that time has photographed for every major magazine. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in many international permanent collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757435007225,"sku":"9781806770717","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PH81DWn6X89781806770717.webp?v=1785946529","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-could-read-the-sky-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}