Stone Kingdoms - Softcover

Park, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408866153 ISBN 13: 9781408866153

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2016

Synopsis

Haunted by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and trapped in a land between the mountains and the sea, Naomi dreams of another life far from the rainy shores of Donegal. When she moves from the rain-swept shores of Ireland to work in a refugee camp in the burning heat of Africa, Naomi exchanges the city streets of Belfast for the arid desert. Though she leaves behind the land where she was born, escaping her past is not so easy.

About this title

About the Author:

David Park has written eight books, including The Big Snow, The Truth Commissioner, and The Poets' Wives. He has won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, and received a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. He has been shortlisted for the Irish Novel of the Year Award three times and, in 2014, was longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. He lives in Northern Ireland.

Review:

“A rich and deeply thoughtful book.” ―The Times

“A powerful, beautifully crafted book. Stone Kingdoms will add to Park's reputation as a magnificent writer.” ―Belfast Telegraph

“He writes prose of gravity and grace . . . Line for line, it is hard to think of a more skillful contemporary Irish novelist.” ―The Guardian

“An astute story teller whose vision is sustained by instinct, intelligent observation and a sense of responsibility.” ―The Irish Times

“This a cry from the heart for Ireland: a powerful novel about guilt and absolution.” ―The Independent on Sunday

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1408866153
• ISBN 13: 9781408866153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288