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The Big Snow

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by David Park


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  The Truth Commissioner

  In a society trying to heal the scars of the past with the salve of truth and reconciliation, four men’s lives become linked in a way they could never have imagined. Henry Stanfield, the newly arrived Truth Commissioner, Francis Gilroy, recently appointed government minister, retired detective James Fenton and father-to-be Danny share a secret from their past that threatens to destroy the lives they have painstakingly built in the present.

  ‘Edgy and compelling . . . yields moments of heart-shivering beauty ... a magnificent and important book’ Joseph O’Connor, Guardian

  ‘A fine, crafted novel, but it is also an important book . . . He sets out to examine what it means to be alive – and does so in fictions that are subtle, understated, not without a hint of menace and always courageous’ Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

  ‘We’re reminded that with writers like David Park, the novel can itself be a kind of truth commission’ New York Times

  ISBN: 978 0 7475 9633 2 / Paperback / £7.99

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  Swallowing the Sun

  Shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year

  Having survived a brutal childhood in the heart of Belfast, Martin has built a life that he never imagined, and always fears he does not deserve. He has a devoted wife, a son and a daughter whose academic success is launching her out of her proud father’s orbit.

  Returning home one night to find police cars waiting, he thinks his sins have finally caught up with him, but instead the news is wholly unexpected; a senseless and devastating tragedy. And in the face of the trauma, which tears his fragile family apart, Martin finds that the violence of his past has not gone but is merely dormant; its call must be answered.

  ‘It establishes beyond doubt that David Park is one of the most gifted writers in contemporary Ireland’ Irish Times

  ‘Technically brilliant and emotionally powerful, Swallowing the Sun thrills even as it breaks your heart’ Glenn Patterson

  ‘Park writes prose of gravity and grace, full of great looping rhythms and subtly recurring motifs ... it is hard to think of a more skilful contemporary Irish novelist’ Joseph O’Connor, Guardian

  ISBN: 978 0 7475 9927 2 / Paperback / £7.99

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  A Note on the Author

  David Park has published six novels, including The Healing, Swallowing the Sun and The Truth Commissioner and one volume of short stories Oranges from Spain. He was the winner of the Authors’ Club First Novel Award, the Bass Ireland Arts Award for Literature and a twice-winner of the The University of Ulster’s McCrea Literary Award. He lives in County Down, Northern Ireland with his wife and two children.

  By the Same Author

  Swallowing the Sun

  The Big Snow

  Stone Kingdoms

  The Rye Man

  The Healing

  Oranges from Spain

  The Truth Commissioner

  The Light of Amsterdam

  Copyright © 2002 by David Park

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  eISBN 978 1 4088 3623 1

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Contents

  The Light of the World

  Snow Trails

  The Wedding Dress

  Against the Cold

  The Big Snow

  Also available by David Park

  A Note on the Author

  By the Same Author

  eCopyright

 

 

 


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