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Informationen zum Autor DARRAGH MCKEON was born in 1979 and grew up in the midlands of Ireland. His debut novel All That is Solid Melts into Air was published in 2014 to widespread international acclaim and was translated into nine languages. Since then, Darragh has returned to live in the west of Ireland. Klappentext Simon Hanlon, an Irish architect in New York, has a chance encounter with a childhood friend. Something she says provokes a rush of dark recollection, and a seizure. Every day, then, there is another seizure. As Simon waits for an operation that could leave him unable to form memories or emotions, he engages with a long-suppressed trauma from his past: the Remembrance Sunday parade in Enniskillen in 1987, which he attended with his father, and which was targeted by a deadly terrorist bomb. Recalling this event, and a mysterious encounter that preceded it, he tries to understand what links his fifteen-year-old and forty-eight-year-old selves. Remembrance Sunday explores the legacies of violence and grief, and the question of how we can understand our own lives and the lives of others. What does trauma do to us, and what makes a person want to harm another? Moving between New York City's Chinatown and the border farms of Northern Ireland, this is a moving and unforgettable novel about love, empathy and the weight of history on a young life. ***PRAISE FOR DARRAGH MCKEON'A startling achievement . . . McKeon's characters may already have receded into history, but by imprinting their triumphs and tragedies onto the imagination with such visceral empathy, he has given them a deserving afterlife in this powerful novel' New York Times Book Review on All That Is Solid Melts into Air'This daring and ambitious novel blends historical epic and love story . . . Darragh McKeon handles the struggles of his characters with care and compassion and creates a book rich with resonance far beyond its historical moment' Colm Toibin on All That Is Solid Melts into Air'All That Is Solid Melts into Air is a debut to rattle all the windows and open up the ventricles of the heart . . . McKeon is here to stay' Colum McCann Zusammenfassung WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 'A quiet work of art that explores the complexity of trauma in the wake of the Enniskellen bombing. McKeon’s writing is sensitive, elusive and philosophical, and pursues an elusive truth at the heart of the Troubles.’ PAUL LYNCH 'Exceptional ... The imaginative storytelling and fine prose of Remembrance Sunday puts McKeon in the big leagues' Irish Times 'A supreme storyteller' Sunday Times 'If you enjoy Colum McCann's work, this novel is for you' Irish Independent ' Impressive ... A poignant, delicately composed novel that doesn't stint on the wreckage of violence' Daily Mail ' Beautifully written' Sunday Independent Chinatown, New York. After a chance encounter with an old friend, Simon Hanlon, an Irish architect, experiences a seizure, his first in almost thirty years. Soon, they come to him daily. As he awaits a brain operation, Simon turns his mind back to his childhood on a farm near the Irish border. At fifteen, he was present when an IRA bomb exploded at the Remembrance Sunday parade in Enniskillen. It was in the following weeks that his seizures first began. Now, he is compelled to seek out the bomber from the remnants of his past, and to ask himself the question: why do we harm one another? Remembrance Sunday is a moving and unforgettable novel about love, empathy and the ways in which history imprints itself upon our hearts and minds. *** 'Deeply felt and delicate, Remembrance Sunday is a timely evocation of the havoc the Troubles wreaked, not just on the street, but on t...
