by Seamus Deane · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099744412
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«Reading in the Dark» is the historical and literary novel by Seamus Deane, published by Vintage Books in paperback (232 pages, in English).
The narrator grows up between two worlds: that of Irish legends, with a house in Donegal where children disappear, and that of the city of Derry in the 1940s and 1950s, marked by political violence and family secrets. He senses that both worlds are connected and seeks a truth his family prefers to keep silent.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1996. Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. First novel by Seamus Deane.
For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in Northern Ireland and coming-of-age stories.
Seamus Francis Deane was a Northern Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian. He was noted for his debut novel, Reading in the Dark, which won several literary awards and was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1996.
