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Solar Bones

Mike McCormack

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Gentle stream of consciousness unravels a life.

This book, Solar Bones, is perfect for those who enjoy introspective and contemplative narratives. Through beautiful and continuous prose, Mike McCormack takes readers on a journey through the mind of Marcus Conway as he reflects on the construction and unraveling of various aspects of life - from bridges to marriages. The gentle stream of consciousness style unveils the depths of Marcus's thoughts and emotions, making this book a captivating and thought-provoking read.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Goldsmiths Prize (2016)
  • Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award Nominee for Shortlist (2017)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2018)
  • Republic of Consciousness Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Dublin Literary Award (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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ISBN: 9781786891273
Author: Mike McCormack
Publisher: Canongate
Date of Publication: 2017-05-04
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Poetry, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 4254 readers)

Description

the Angelus bell ringing out over its villages and townlands, over the fields and hills and bogs in between, 
six chimes of three across a minute and a half,
 a summons struck
 on the lip of the void Once a year, on All Souls’ Day, it is said in Ireland that the dead may return. Solar Bones is the story of one such visit. Marcus Conway, a middle-aged engineer, turns up one afternoon at his kitchen table and considers the events that took him away and then brought him home again.Funny and strange, McCormack’s ambitious and other-worldly novel plays with form and defies convention. This is profound new work is by one of Ireland’s most important contemporary novelists. A beautiful and haunting elegy, this story of order and chaos, love and loss captures how minor decisions ripple into waves and test our integrity every day.
 

Gentle stream of consciousness unravels a life.

This book, Solar Bones, is perfect for those who enjoy introspective and contemplative narratives. Through beautiful and continuous prose, Mike McCormack takes readers on a journey through the mind of Marcus Conway as he reflects on the construction and unraveling of various aspects of life - from bridges to marriages. The gentle stream of consciousness style unveils the depths of Marcus's thoughts and emotions, making this book a captivating and thought-provoking read.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Goldsmiths Prize (2016)
  • Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award Nominee for Shortlist (2017)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2018)
  • Republic of Consciousness Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Dublin Literary Award (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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