Book Information
- Publisher
- Graywolf Pr
- Published
- 2013-06-04
- Pages
- 309 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.1 x 2.16 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781555976453
- ISBN-10
- 155597645X
- Price
- 3847 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Metaphysical
"Extraordinary . . . Barry takes us on a roaring journey . . . Powerful, exuberant fiction." — The New York Times Book Review (front cover) Forty or so years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are the posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the North Rises, and the eerie bogs of the Big Nothin' that the city really lives. For years it has all been under the control of Logan Hartnett, the dapper godfather of the Hartnett Fancy gang. But there's trouble in the air. They say Hartnett's old nemesis is back in town; his trusted henchmen are getting ambitious; and his missus wants him to give it all up and go straight. Kevin Barry's City of Bohane combines Celtic myth and a Caribbean beat, fado and film, graphic-novel cool and all the ripe inheritance of Irish literature to create something hilarious, beautiful, and startlingly new.
Kevin Barry 's short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere. City of Bohane was short-listed for the Irish Novel of the Year and the Costa First Novel awards, and won the Author's Club Best First Novel Award. He lives in County Sligo in Ireland.
Reviews
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An absolute masterpiece
This is an extraordinary book. I’d compare it to Clockwork Orange, Peaky Blinders and maybe the Mortal Engines series in terms of original world-building, but it’s so much more too. Bohane is a dirty, gritty place with a fantastic array of characters and a language all of it’s own. Kevin Barry brings it to life in an incredible, cinematic way, that I’ve only really seen done before in graphic novels, but there are no pictures here; just tremendous, poetic prose. I’m dying to spend more time in Bohane, and will be first in line for a sequel/film. I don’t think I’ve ever done this before, but I’ve finished it today and I think I’m going to re-read it tomorrow.
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Quedo encantada
Le regale este libro a mi mujer hace un tiempo ya, le gusto tanto cuando lo empezó a leer, que se lo regalo a un amigo (en común que sabiamos que le gustaría mucho) asi que luego lo tuve que comprar de nuevo, y ya se lo leyó por completo. Resumiendo, le gusto mucho.
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Parfait
Parfait
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Five Stars
Great product
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As Splendid a Dream as Fever Allows
What Mr. Barry achieves with this novel is a sweet-as-it-is-bleak tale of the underworldly doings of a mythical, if not prescient depiction of a town in the not-too-distant future. His use of the Bohane argot to tell of lost love, lost souls, and lost time imbues this story with a poignant beauty that is the very stuff of Legend. The City of Bohane is an experience as much as a read, and will leave a palpable impression that I expect will linger with me for days if not years. An exquisite piece of literature and beacon of hope for the future of writing.