· Set in , Dwyer Hickey’s The Narrow Land follows Michael, an orphan who has survived a concentration camp, as he is sent to spend the summer on Cape Cod with a Author: Alison Flood. The Narrow Land. The stunning new novel from the beloved Christine Dwyer Hickey, the bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive jealousy.4/5(). Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her latest novel The Narrow Land () won two major prizes in the year – the Walter Scott Prize for Literary Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. also saw her novel Tatty () chosen as UNESCOs Dublin One City One www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.
The Narrow Land is the latest release from Irish writer Christine Dwyer Hickey. Just published with Atlantic Books, it is described as 'a searing novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing American Dream.'. When I first heard about this book I was immediately drawn to it. The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey Before reading "The Narrow Land" I had little knowledge of painters Edward and Josephine Hopper. Of course, I was familiar with Edward's most famous painting Nighthawks but all I knew about the artists themselves was a brief biographical sketch and critique of his work/their relationship in regards. Christine Dwyer Hickey's breathtakingly beautiful novel The Narrow Land is about the marriage of Edward Hopper and his wife, Josephine, but builds into a meditation on all marriages and on creativity, in sentences that have the poise and beauty of a great picture.
Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her latest novel The Narrow Land () won two major prizes in the year – the Walter Scott Prize for Literary Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. also saw her novel Tatty () chosen as UNESCOs Dublin One City One Book. The Narrow Land. The stunning new novel from the beloved Christine Dwyer Hickey, the bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive jealousy. The Narrow Land, by Christine Dwyer Hickey, is set in Cape Cod in the summer of It is a study of people, how they regard themselves and how they are judged by those they meet. There is an undercurrent of sadness, of privilege failing to offer fulfilment. The ebbs and flows of both adult and child relationships are evoked with skill.
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