sebastian barry days without end summary

Other of his soldier friends are to varying degrees bloodthirsty, psychotic, or crazy brave, and they work evil on every Indian encampment they find until, sickened by it all, the two soldiers find themselves caring for a young Sioux girl they call Winona. He's fortunate to have a friend in young John Cole, of a loving if potentially lethal bent. when he finds himself wearing blue, packed off to the West to fight Indians. Orphaned in the famine-“all that was left in Ireland was the potato for eating and when the potato was lost there was nothing left in old Ireland”-Thomas McNulty is fresh off the boat in the U.S. Sentence after perfect sentence it grips and does not let go.A lively, richly detailed story of one slice of the Irish immigrant experience in America. “A beautiful, savage, tender, searing work of art. “A sweeping vision of America in the making, the most fascinating line-by-line first person narration I’ve come across in years.” “Lively, richly detailed…A contribution not just to Irish literature in English, but also the literature of the American West.” “A tour de force of style and atmosphere…a timeless work of historical fiction.” A beautifully realized historical novel.”

“Barry…offers a meditation on the nature of what it means to be an American, and his conclusions are both complex and fearless. His rendering of Barry’s beautifully expressive language draws listeners in with excellent pacing.” “Narrator Aidan Kelly’s voice is lilting and poetic, suited to an enthusiastic storyteller with a knack for seeing the humor in almost any situation. “Remarkable…Life-affirming in the truest and best ways.” Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” Aiden Kelly gives us Thomas McNulty, a young refugee from Sligo… a supple and powerful performance by Kelly, whose Thomas is somehow both pragmatic and full of wonder. “If an audiobook that is gorgeously written, tells a heart-thumping story, and is performed with flawless taste and authority is a cause for celebration, chill the champagne. “Written in a gorgeous style that blends Barry’s characteristic eloquence with the straight-talk of early America.”

“Barry is the most humane of writers…beauty is mined to its last redemptive glint…A great novel.” “A work of staggering openness…Barry conjures a world in miniature, inward, quiet, sacred.” “A great American novel which happens to have been written by an Irishman.”

Sebastian barry days without end summary