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"Beyond Canaan" Author: [Irish] Sebastian Barry Publisher: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
"Beyond Canaan" Author: [Irish] Sebastian Barry Publisher: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"Beyond Canaan" is a novel by Sebastian Barry, a contemporary Irish writer. The work won the 2012 Walter Scott Literary Award and was nominated for the 2011 Booker Prize. The protagonist of the story, 89-year-old Lily Bree, decided to end her life in a "quiet way". She spent her whole life escaping and hiding, but fate always strangled her neck in the most unexpected way, took away her loved ones, destroyed their bodies, and tore their souls apart, leaving no one behind.
The scarred generations of Irish people silently hold history accountable with painful ethical paradoxes. Three wars destroyed three generations. Barry observed the twists and turns of a family's fate from a profound historical perspective. Sebastian Barry tells another heart-breaking story with his signature exquisite words, hiding the deepest pain in the human heart in a fleeting flash of thought. Barry's exquisite skills lie in outlining this flash of thought, sometimes in just one sentence, so the hatred of war and the helplessness of fate are all implied in it.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Sebastian Barry is one of the most outstanding contemporary Irish writers, poets and playwrights, and the son of Irish film star Joan O'Hara. His literary career began with poetry, and in recent years, his achievements in novel writing have earned him a very high literary status. His works have been nominated for the Booker Prize many times, and his novel "The Secret Manuscript" has won many literary awards including the Costa Book of the Year Award. Barry's novels are beautifully and poetically written, and he uses a deep and melancholy historical perspective to explore the tortuous fate of Ireland and the Irish, which is full of joys and sorrows.
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