Book
A long long way : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0143035096
- ISBN: 9780143035091
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Physical Description:
292 pages ; 20 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2005.
- Copyright: ©2005.
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| Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921 -- Fiction |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Public Library | Bar (Text) | 001880954 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"In 1914, Willie Dunne, barely eighteen years old, leaves Dublin, his family, and the girl he plans to marry in order to enlist in the Allied forces and face the Germans on the Western Front. Once there, he encounters a horror of violence and gore he could have not imagined and sustains his spirit with only the worlds on the pages from home and the camaraderie of the mud-covered Irish boys who fight and die by his side. Dimly aware of the political tensions that have grown in Ireland in his absence, Willie returns on leave to find a world split and ravaged by forces closer to home. Despite the comfort he finds with his family, he knows he must rejoin his regiment and fight until the end. With grace and power, Sebastian Barry vividly renders Willie’s personal struggle as well as overwhelming consequences of war."--
