{"product_id":"the-secret-scripture-isbn-9780143115694","title":"The Secret Scripture","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Rooney Mara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy from the two-time Booker Prize finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eOld God's Time \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sebastian Barry's novels have been hugely admired by readers and critics, and in 2005 his novel \u003ci\u003eA Long Long Way\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e, Barry revisits County Sligo, Ireland, the setting for his previous three books, to tell the unforgettable story of Roseanne McNulty. Once one of the most beguiling women in Sligo, she is now a resident of Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital and nearing her hundredth year. Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing tale of one woman's life, and a poignant story of the cruelties of civil war and corrupted power. \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e is now a film starring Rooney Mara, Eric Bana, and Vanessa Redgrave.\"[Barry writes] in language of surpassing beauty. . . . It is like a song, with all the pulse of the Irish language, a song sung liltingly and plaintively from the top of Ben Bulben into the airy night.\" —Dinitia Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Barry recounts all this in prose of often startling beauty. Just as he describes people stopping in the street to look at Roseanne, so I often found myself stopping to look at the sentences he gave her, wanting to pause and copy them down.\" —Margot Livesey, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Luminous and lyrical.\"\u003ci\u003e—O, The Oprah Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A great novel about a ninety-nine-year-old woman...trying to understand the truth of her life...Along the way are some of the most beautifully formed prose passages I have ever read.\" —Thomas Cahill, author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Irish Saved Civilization \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written in captivating, lyrical prose, Barry's novel is both a sparkling literary puzzle and a stark cautionary tale of corrupted power.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part of Barry's artistry is the sheer poetry of his prose, now heart-stoppingly lyrical, now heart-poundingly thrilling. An unforgettable portrait of mid-twentieth-century Ireland.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a poignant story of the horrors and hypocrisies of rural Ireland, the cruelties of civil war, and the pernicious influence of the priesthood. Roseanne is a vivid and engaging protagonist, and Barry makes rich use of the circumlocutions of his native tongue.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dark, awkward, and exceptionally finely written.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this book, the worlds each character builds are significantly, tantalizingly estranged from each other. The novel's delight lies in the way in which the two tales—and, eventually the two lives—begin to coalesce, to the utter surprise of both the characters and the reader.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003eSebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include \u003ci\u003eBoss Grady's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eThe Steward of Christendom\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Sligo\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Pride of Parnell Street\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eDallas Sweetman\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Among his novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eAnnie Dunne\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eA Long Long Way\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), the latter shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His poetry includes \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Colourist\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eFanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and \u003ci\u003eThe Pinkening Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). His awards include the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize, the London Critics Circle Award, The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, and Costa Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. He lives in Wicklow with his wife Ali, and three children, Merlin, Coral, and Tobias.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44865949794533,"sku":"NP9780143115694","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115694.jpg?v=1767741425","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-secret-scripture-isbn-9780143115694","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}