Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include Boss Grady's Boys (1988), The Steward of Christendom (1995), Our Lady of Sligo (1998), The Pride of Parnell Street (2007), and Dallas Sweetman (2008). Among his novels are The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998), Annie Dunne (2002) and A Long Long Way (2005), the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes The Water-Colourist (1982), Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever (1989) and The Pinkening Boy (2005). His awards include the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize, the London Critics Circle Award, The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, and Costa Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. He lives in Wicklow with his wife Ali, and three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.
"Annie's passionate observations and shifting moods-rendered in
dense prose that's close to poetry-fuel this fine novel."—The New
York Times Book Review"A subtle but powerful novel of a spinster's
life in the Irish countryside rises to great emotional
heights...this is a deliciously poetic book."—The Washington
Post
"Barry has given us a heroine of delicate complexity in a setting
of rugged beauty. His flawless use of language and plot hold the
reader rapt from beginning to end. —Jeanne Ray, Boston
Herald
"Superb...Annie emerges from the novel as one o fthe most memorable
women in Irish fiction."—San Francisco Chronicle
"As a wordsmith, Barry is at times amazing, his descriptions poetic
and insightful."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Rarely has the precious interaction between the old and the young
been captured in such beauty and tenderness...a remarkable
novel."—The Christian Science Monitor
"Lyrical."—The Miami Herald
"Barry's gift for image and metaphor...are equaled here by his eye
for descriptive detail."—Publishers Weekly
"Annie's passionate observations and shifting moods-rendered in
dense prose that's close to poetry-fuel this fine novel."-The New
York Times Book Review"A subtle but powerful novel of a spinster's
life in the Irish countryside rises to great emotional
heights...this is a deliciously poetic book."-The Washington
Post
"Barry has given us a heroine of delicate complexity in a setting
of rugged beauty. His flawless use of language and plot hold the
reader rapt from beginning to end. -Jeanne Ray, Boston
Herald
"Superb...Annie emerges from the novel as one o fthe most memorable
women in Irish fiction."-San Francisco Chronicle
"As a wordsmith, Barry is at times amazing, his descriptions poetic
and insightful."-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Rarely has the precious interaction between the old and the young
been captured in such beauty and tenderness...a remarkable
novel."-The Christian Science Monitor
"Lyrical."-The Miami Herald
"Barry's gift for image and metaphor...are equaled here by his eye
for descriptive detail."-Publishers Weekly
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