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Country
  
Ireland

Publication date
  
24 July 2011

ISBN
  
978-0-571-22653-5

Author
  
Sebastian Barry

Publisher
  
Faber and Faber

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
272 pp (Hardback)

Originally published
  
24 July 2011

Genre
  
Novel

Preceded by
  
The Secret Scripture

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Media type
  
Print (Hardcover & Paperback)

Similar
  
Sebastian Barry books, Novels

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On Canaan's Side is a 2011 novel written by Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry.

Contents

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Plot

The novel is narrated by the 89-year-old Lily Bere, the sister of the character Willy Dunne from A Long Long Way and the daughter of the character Thomas Dunne from The Steward of Christendom, as she looks back on her life, having lived through the Irish War of Independence and escaped to Chicago with her boyfriend Tadg Bere.

Awards and honors

  • 2011 Man Booker Prize, longlist
  • 2012 Walter Scott Prize, winner
  • References

    On Canaan's Side Wikipedia