The Spinning Heart

The Spinning Heart is a social novel written by Irish novelist Donal Ryan. It was first published in 2012 by Penguin Random House. Steerforth Press published the US edition in 2013.[1][2][3] It won the 2012 Irish Book Award for the Newcomer of the Year and Book of the Year.[4][5] It won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award[6] It also won the European Union Prize for Literature (Ireland) in 2015[7] It was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize[8] and shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2014.[9] In 2016 it was voted Irish Book of the Decade in a poll run by Dublin Book Festival.[10]

First edition

Plot

The Spinning Heart is set in the aftermath of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger. Each chapter is told from the perspective of a different character, affected by the recession in a different way as a local property developer, Pokey Burke, goes bust and flees the country.[11]

References
  1. Ryan, Donal (20 October 2013). "THE SPINNING HEART | KIRKUS REVIEWS". Kirkus Reviews.
  2. Jordan, Justine (28 November 2013). "The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan – review". The Guardian.
  3. Kalotay, Daphne (21 March 2014). "Donal Ryan's Spinning Heart". The New York Times.
  4. Boland, Rosita (23 November 2012). "Banville wins novel of year at awards". The Irish Times.
  5. "The Spinning Heart wins Book of the Year". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 18 December 2012.
  6. Press, GNM (28 November 2013). "Donal Ryan has been named the winner of the 2013 Guardian First Book Award". The Guardian.
  7. "Winners of the European Union Prize for Literature 2015 (EUPL) on display in Frankfurt". Federation of European Publishers. 14 October 2015.
  8. "The Spinning Heart | The Booker Prizes". The Booker Prizes.
  9. Hilliard, Mark (9 April 2014). "Donal Ryan among writers shortlised for 2014 Impac Award". The Irish Times.
  10. "Donal Ryan wins Dublin Book Festival's Book of The Decade". 14 November 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Jordan, Justine (28 November 2013). "The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 August 2023.


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