On Canaan's Side

On Canaan's Side
On Canaan's Side  
Author(s) Sebastian Barry
Country Ireland
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication date 24 July 2011
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 272 pp (Hardback)
ISBN 978-0-571-22653-5
Preceded by The Secret Scripture

On Canaan's Side is a 2011 novel written by Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry. [1]. It has been longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize.[2]

Plot

The novel is narrated by the 89 year old Lily Bere, the sister of the character Willy Dunne from A Long Long Way and the daughter of the character Thomas Dunne from The Steward of Christendom as she looks back on her life, having lived through the Irish War of Independence and escaped to Chicago with her boyfriend Tadg Bere.

References

  1. ^ http://www.faber.co.uk/article/2011/1/on-canaans-side-sampler/
  2. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0726/breaking53.html

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