The Spinning Heart
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The Spinning Heart
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Donal Ryan
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013
Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013
Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012
In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.
The Spinning Heart 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. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant.
'Donal Ryan is the real deal ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
'It's furious, it's moving, it's darkly funny, it punches you right in the gut' NEW YORK TIMES
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Critic reviews
'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... if it was a song you could sing it' (Anne Enright)
'It’s furious, it’s moving, it’s darkly funny, it punches you right in the gut, the writing is effortlessly wonderful, and every one of the wide variety of voices rings utterly true.' (Tana French)
'Donal Ryan’s precise and evocative debut … is a textured account of a community as it was during a brief moment of time. … unexpectedly tender … Ryan’s prism of life and lives is compellingly humane. … This is an exciting, relevant and believable contemporary novel about the lost and the wounded that listens to the present without discarding either the sins of the fathers or the literary legacy of the past.' (Eileen Battersby)
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- Mr S Rooney
- 27-12-24
A must read/listen
The structure of the book is its first triumph. Each chapter unfolds as a standalone story, revealing the unique challenges, dreams, and heartbreaks of the villagers. The narration is extraordinary. Each story carries its own voice, and the characters’ perspectives are rendered with authenticity and compassion.
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- Karen
- 12-01-25
Great listen
I really enjoyed it but it ended too soon
Also I have questions I’d like to ask the characters
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- Mary Catherine
- 18-08-24
Brilliant Narrators
I loved every word of this book. The characters reminded me of family members.
The only thing that stopped me giving a full 5 stars for story … is simply because I wanted lots more. It’s 9.99999/10 from me.
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- MrsD
- 24-08-24
A little masterpiece
I loved this book so much that immediately returned to the start and listened to the story again.
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