{"product_id":"reading-in-the-dark-paperback-1","title":"Reading in the Dark - 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\u003eSeamus Deane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction Award and International Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Seamus Heaney \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHugely acclaimed in Great Britain, where it was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and short-listed for the Booker, Seamus Deane's first novel is a mesmerizing story of childhood set against the violence of Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe boy narrator grows up haunted by a truth he both wants and does not want to discover. The matter: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable, born of political enmity. As the boy listens through the silence that surrounds him, the truth spreads like a stain until it engulfs him and his family. And as he listens, and watches, the world of legend--the stone fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly--reveals its transfixing reality. Meanwhile the real world of adulthood unfolds its secrets like a collection of folktales: the dead sister walking again; the lost uncle, Eddie, present on every page; the family house \"as cunning and articulate as a labyrinth, closely designed, with someone sobbing at the heart of it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamus Deane has created a luminous tale about how childhood fear turns into fantasy and fantasy turns into fact. Breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, \u003cb\u003eReading in the Dark\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the finest books about growing up--in Ireland or anywhere--that has ever been written.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Irish Times Fiction Award and International Award \u003cbr\u003e\"A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Seamus Heaney \u003cbr\u003eHugely acclaimed in Great Britain, where it was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and short-listed for the Booker, Seamus Deane's first novel is a mesmerizing story of childhood set against the violence of Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. \u003cbr\u003eThe boy narrator grows up haunted by a truth he both wants and does not want to discover. The matter: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable, born of political enmity. As the boy listens through the silence that surrounds him, the truth spreads like a stain until it engulfs him and his family. And as he listens, and watches, the world of legend--the stone fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly--reveals its transfixing reality. Meanwhile the real world of adulthood unfolds its secrets like a collection of folktales: the dead sister walking again; the lost uncle, Eddie, present on every page; the family house \"as cunning and articulate as a labyrinth, closely designed, with someone sobbing at the heart of it.\" \u003cbr\u003eSeamus Deane has created a luminous tale about how childhood fear turns into fantasy and fantasy turns into fact. Breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, Reading in the Dark is one of the finest books about growing up--in Ireland or anywhere--that has ever been written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeamus Deane was born in Derry in 1940. He is the author of a number of books of criticism and poetry, as well as the general editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing.\u003c\/i\u003e He currently teaches at the University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (1996)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guardian First Book Award (1996)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227794161913,"sku":"9780375700231","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V3lBQ0pxMlJmY3prTTZPUmtQUlkzUT09_77900614-8209-46a9-87b0-ff2a511c5e49.webp?v=1768285532","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reading-in-the-dark-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}