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The Spinning Heart (2012)

by Donal Ryan(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1781620075 (ISBN13: 9781781620076)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Transworld Ireland

review 1: This is the first book I've ready in several years that I would actively promote. It's a series of interrelated short segments from different perspectives involving the lives of people in a town in Ireland during the recent economic setback. It's a short, incredibly interesting read. Reviews compare it to Faulkner. It's much more approachable than Faulkner but has the same aspect of feeling as though you're hearing people speak rather than reading a book.
review 2: I'm not sure why this book is on a bunch of different book lists. The characters were vague and the intertwining stories were not terribly compelling. I wanted to read this because it takes place in a small Irish village during a devastating economic downturn and I was hoping for a glimpse into h... moreow the villagers would deal with this situation. Instead, I read through the eyes of unclear and underdeveloped characters. less

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