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| ISBN: | 0156029669 (ISBN13: 9780156029667) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Atlantic Ocean,1847 |
| Literary Awards: | Prix Littéraire Européen - Madeleine Zepter (2003), Prix Millepages Award for Foreign Fiction (2003) |
Joseph O'Connor
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.99 | 6625 Users | 594 Reviews
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| Title | : | Star of the Sea |
| Author | : | Joseph O'Connor |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | March 8th 2004 by Mariner Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Ireland. European Literature. Irish Literature. Mystery |
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In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith, his wife and children, and a killer stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.This journey will see many lives end, others begin anew. Passionate loves are tenderly recalled, shirked responsibilities regretted too late, and profound relationships shockingly revealed. In this spellbinding tale of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the farther the ship sails toward the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past that will never let them go.
As urgently contemporary as it is historical, this exciting and compassionate novel builds with the pace of a thriller to a stunning conclusion.
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Ratings: 3.99 From 6625 Users | 594 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Star of the Sea
Sta of the Sea is a masterpiece. i have never encountered a book so uniquely amazing that i lack the right words to properly describe it. this book made me feel a lot of different things and majority of my reaction ranged from NO WAY!! to WHAT THE HELL!! and a variety of gasps. THE LITERATURE!! I needed a dictionary for 3/4 of the words used and it's safe to say that my vocabulary has increased and not completely positive but i'm not complaining. This masterpiece needs time and 100% of yourMUST READ for all that love good book and Irish literature... :) This book got many awards (for very good reason) and the one that makes me very very very very proud of being its Serbian editor... Among my Top 15 titles I've signed as editor... :) True masterpiece!
I remember this novel being published in 2002, and can only think that I didn't read it at the time as I didn't feel its subject matter would've been of interest to me, my Irish history interest kicking in more in the 20th century. I have been thinking about reading it for a while though, and took the opportunity to pick up a second hand copy to read, as a book group I plan to attend is reading 'Redemption Falls', the novel which follows this one. I have to admit that while I liked the book, I
Set against the background of the Irish famine in the year 1847, with writing that is at times beautifully evocative of the time, this novel is worth the read;if you persevere with it. The reason I've added the caveat at the end of that sentence is simple. The book doesn't really get going until a third of the way through. The pace suffers due to constant switching between perspectives. For example, for five or ten pages we hear the story of Pius Mulvey, followed by a letter written by Lord
This is a terrific work of literature, and I'm not sure why everyone hasn't been talking about it. It was mistakenly shelved in the Nautical Fiction section of my local used bookstore (further evidence of its image problem). It's true that there is a boat involved, but really the book is about the Great Hunger in Ireland and the emigration to America that it spawned. This book is an example of the ways that literature can sometimes be the most effective vehicle to understand history, but its
A 400 page grim read that was difficult to penetrate. I would not have persevered were it not that a friend had asked me for my opinion on the book, and I had read that other reviewers had struggled with it initially. All that said, it is well written but takes a very long time to explain how the various characters are linked so reads as if it is jumping from one unrelated story to another for much of the first half. I struggled with the style of writing which, at times tries to reflect that of
I listened to this book on a long trip recently and once again really enjoyed the experience, The play Star Of The Sea is coming to my local theatre and I am really looking forward to seeing it acted as a play ad was great to refresh my memory in advance of the play. . Every now and then a book comes along that I feel passionate about and Joseph O Connor's Star of the Sea is one of those books that tells the harrowing and tragic story of the Irish Potato famine of 1840's Ireland and the voyage
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