On Canaan's Side: Sebastian Barry
From the bestselling Costa Prize-winning author of The Secret Scripture, On Canaan’s Side is another heartbreaking novel spanning a lifetime. Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan’s Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. At once epic and intimate, Lilly’s narrative unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched.
Spanning nearly seven decades, this is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry’s exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.
The event will be introduced by Sinead Gleeson.
5.00pm
Pavilion Theatre
€12 & €10 (Concession)
Book Now


English
French
Polish
Chinese
Russian
Spanish