Star of the Sea
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2019
Summary
Joseph O’Connor’s monumental bestseller reissued in a new series look.
Rediscover Joseph O’Connor’s monumental #1 international bestseller.
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529112634 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 152911263X |
| Author: | Joseph O'Connor |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A page-turner of a masterpiece. Don’t miss it * Daily Mail *
Stunningly accomplished * Guardian *
A triumph…A spectacular breakthrough…it raises the bar for contemporary Irish fiction * Sunday Times *
A terrific story… A stealthily gripping narrative * Daily Telegraph *
This is Joseph O’Connor’s best book. It is shocking, hilarious, beautifully written, and very, very clever – Roddy Doyle
His most substantial and impressive novel to date. Sad and funny, Star of the Sea tacks and veers in surprising directions, but follows a subtly plotted course to its final satisfying landfall * Irish Times *
A masterful storyteller… A thrilling tale…O’Connor writes with nothing less than incandescent passion… Unfailingly gripping * The Times *
A modern masterpiece… The language is absolutely gorgeous – Bob Geldof
There is so much that is memorable in the Star of the Sea… Grounded upon well researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy * Sunday Telegraph *
Sensitive, thoughtful and rich with the spoils of its author’s plunder of the past * Irish Independent *
Joseph O'Connor
JOSEPH O’CONNOR was born in Dublin. His books include:
- Cowboys and Indians
- Inishowen
- Star of the Sea (winner of the American Library Association Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France’s Prix Millepages, Italy’s Premio Acerbi, Nielsen Golden Book Award, and Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year)
- Redemption Falls
- Ghost Light (chosen as Dublin One City One Book 2011)
- Shadowplay (winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and a Costa Novel of the Year shortlist)
He is also the author of the Rome Escape Line trilogy, featuring:
- My Father’s House (winner of the Hot Press Novel of the Year 2023)
- The Ghosts of Rome (winner of the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2025)
His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 was appointed Frank McCourt Professor and Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.
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