About This Event
Sebastian Barry was the 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction. His novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize.
He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize,A Long Long Wayand the top ten bestsellerThe Secret Scripture, and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
He joins us forThe Newer World, an immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.
Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.
Dates: 9th Sept 26, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens, York, YO1 2FR
Categories: Festivals, Tours & Guides, Entertainment, Family Friendly, Great Outdoors
Book tickets at the event website.
Contact: Phone: 01904 313626