Author: PARK, DAVID
Title: Swallowing the Sun
Description: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, UK. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780747574170 256 pages. Available Now. Book Description: In the museum Martin stands watch over the past. He has travelled a long way from his brutal childhood in the Loyalist heartlands of Belfast and built a life he never imagined he would have - a devoted wife, Alison, two children, Rachel and Tom, a respectable job. But the happiness he has found feels brittle. Rachel's academic success is launching her out of her proud father's orbit. Tom, eclipsed by his sister, has withdrawn into a fantasy world. Martin's gratitude to Alison is a gulf between them. He feels unworthy of his wife, his life, his luck. Returning home one night to find police cars waiting, Martin feels his sins must have finally caught up with him. But their news is wholly unexpected, a senseless tragedy. And in the face of this devastating trauma, which tears his fragile family apart, Martin finds the violence of the past is not gone but merely dormant; its call must be answered at last. : Review: ‘Park is an excellent writer: psychologically astute, lyrically unflinching ... beautifully conveyed' -- Daily Telegraph: ‘Understated and beautifully plotted' -- Daily Mail: ‘Within its stringent compass, Swallowing the Sun is a powerful, economical account of an unbearable turn of events' -- Independent: ‘Wrenchingly affecting ... Flawed, brilliant, knotty, uncompromising, this is not an easy novel, but it is an important and beautiful one' -- Joseph O'Connor, Guardian : About the Author: David Park has written five books, most recently the hugely acclaimed The Big Snow. He was the winner of the Authors' Club First Novel Award, the Bass Ireland Arts Award for Literature and two-time winner of the University of Ulster's McCrea Literary Award. He lives in County Down, Northern Ireland with his wife and two children. Size: 12.6 x 19.6 x 1.7 cm. 256 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 0747574170. ISBN/EAN: 9780747574170. Inventory No: F243-1152.

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