A Thousand Moons
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Old God's Time (March 2023), Sebastian Barry's stunning new novel, available to pre-order now From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without End Even when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live. Winona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole. Living with Thomas and John on the farm they work in 1870s Tennessee, she is educated and loved, forging a life for herself beyond the violence and dispossession of her past. But the fragile harmony of her unlikely family unit, in the aftermath of the Civil War, is soon threatened by a further traumatic event, one which Winona struggles to confront, let alone understand. Told in Sebastian Barry's gorgeous, lyrical prose, A Thousand Moons is a powerful, moving study of one woman's journey, of her determination to write her own future, and of the enduring human capacity for love. 'Nobody writes like, nobody takes lyrical risks like, nobody pushes the language, and the heart, and the two together, quite like Sebastian Barry does, so that you come out of whatever he writes like you've been away, in another climate.' ALI SMITH
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2 primary booksDays Without End
Days Without End is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Sebastian Barry.
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It was good to be immersed in this world again, and in Barry's language, that's sparse and simple and sometimes just knocks you over with beautiful raw emotions. This time, the center of attention is Winona, the Indian adoptee of Thomas McNulty and John Cole, who gets into a bit of trouble in the rough years after the American civil war. At the heart of the story is still love and family, loyalty and doing what's right. Which were all the ingredients that made [b:Days Without End 30212107 Days Without End Sebastian Barry https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1471281193l/30212107.SY75.jpg 50666270] so special. And I enjoyed this story for its own merits as well, but it just didn't feel on par. When it comes to recent sequels to beloved novels, this was definitely tons better than [b:Find Me 44581535 Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2) André Aciman https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557077508l/44581535.SY75.jpg 66927396] but not as engaging as [b:The Testaments 42975172 The Testaments Margaret Atwood https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549292344l/42975172.SY75.jpg 66802198].3.5
