{"product_id":"the-spinning-heart-paperback","title":"The Spinning Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'Funny, moving and\u003cb\u003e beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' EDNA O'BRIEN\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n_________\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... \u003cb\u003eif it was a song you could sing it\u003c\/b\u003e' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan is the real deal\u003c\/b\u003e ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. \u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e' JOHN BOYNE\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'\u003cb\u003eIt's furious, it's moving, it's darkly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, it punches you right in the gut' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donal Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47889367498930,"sku":"9781784165000","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/204934_668c91ac4e4468.58602261_9781784165000.jpg?v=1786669487","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-spinning-heart-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}