On Canaan's Side
Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. At once epic and intimate, Lilly's narrative unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN-13
- 9780571274703
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionWon(2012)
- The Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2011)
Other awarded books from Sebastian Barry
- The Secret Scripture (2008)1 win · 20 score
- Days without End (2017)1 win · 10 score
- A Long Long Way (2010)0 wins · 8 score
- Old God's Time (2023)0 wins · 6 score
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