{"product_id":"9781644212820","title":"The Gospel of Orla","description":"By: Eoghan Walls     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost anticipated in the IRISH TIMES, TORONTO STAR, and the BOOK CULTURE newsletter \u003cb\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eINDIE NEXT LIST PICK \u003cb\u003e•\u003cb\u003e LIBRARY READS SELECTION \u003cb\u003e• PERFECT FOR BOOK CLUBS \u003cb\u003e• DEBUT NOVEL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A consistently surprising, evocative, almost impossible to put down, and gloriously original work.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning debut novel from the Northern Irish poet Eoghan Walls, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Orla \u003c\/i\u003eis the coming-of-age story of a young girl, Orla, and the man she meets who has an astonishing and unique ability.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is also a road novel that takes us across the north of England after the two flee Orla’s village together. Here the mysteries of faith charge full bore into the vagaries of contemporary mores. A humorous, wise, deeply human and sometimes breathtaking work of lyrical fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A melancholic, funny, and magical coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Orla\u003c\/i\u003e is glorious, wise, and totally weird. I loved it.” \u003cb\u003e—Annie Hartnett, author of \u003ci\u003eUnlikely Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly convincing and fresh and original.\" \u003cb\u003e—Colm Tóibín, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his debut novel, poet Eoghan Walls imagines the intersection of the material and the mystic. . . . As the troubled teenager ricochets between circus illusion and divine touch, she and the reader are beckoned to ponder where magic ends and miracles begin.\" \u003cb\u003e—Kia Corthron, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoon and the Mars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46771401490659,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781644212820","price":109.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781644212820.jpg?v=1751662515","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9781644212820","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}