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On Canaan's Side

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Plot
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}}On Canaan's Side is a 2011 novel written by Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry.^[1]

Plot

The novel is narrated by the 89-year-old Lily Bere, the sister of Annie Dunne (2002) and the character Willy Dunne from A Long Long Way (2005) and the daughter of the character Thomas Dunne from The Steward of Christendom (1995), as she looks back on her life, having lived through the Irish War of Independence and escaped to Chicago with her boyfriend Tadg Bere. The Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion of 1944 is referenced within the story and plays an important role in the plot.

Awards and honors

2011 Man Booker Prize, longlist^[2]
2012 Walter Scott Prize, winner^[3]^[4]

References

1. ^http://www.faber.co.uk/article/2011/1/on-canaans-side-sampler/
2. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0726/breaking53.html | work=The Irish Times | first=Eoin | last=Burke-Kennedy | title=Barry included on Booker longlist | date=July 7, 2011}}
3. ^{{cite news| title=Walter Scott historical fiction shortlist announced |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-17610307 |accessdate=Apr 12, 2012 |date=April 4, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Sebastian Barry wins Walter Scott prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/19/sebastian-barry-wins-walter-scott-prize |date=June 16, 2012 |publisher=The Guardian |author=Alison Flood |accessdate=June 16, 2012 |location=London}}

External links

[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/20/on-canaans-side-sebastian-barry-review Review] in The Guardian

4 : 2008 novels|Novels by Sebastian Barry|Novels set in Ireland|Novels set in Chicago

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