{"product_id":"all-down-darkness-wide-a-memoir-1","title":"All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 ROONEY PRIZE FOR IRISH LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A remarkable memoir of love and sorrow' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Seán meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as Elias struggles with severe depression, the couple comes face-to-face with crisis. Wrestling with this, Seán Hewitt delves deep into his own history, enlisting the ghosts of queer figures and poets before him. From a nineteenth-century cemetery in Liverpool to the pine forests of Gothenburg, Hewitt plumbs the darkness in search of solace and hope.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAll Down Darkness Wide\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching meditation on the burden of living in a world that too often sets happiness and queer life at odds, and a tender portrayal of what it's like to be caught in the undertow of a loved one's suffering. By turns devastating and soaring, it is a mesmerising story of heartache and renewal, and a work of rare and transcendent beauty.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Longlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning meditation on love and heartbreak, this feels like an essential work of the new Irish queer canon' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Literary Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781787333383\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Cape","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £3.69","offer_id":47917161971889,"sku":"SB-1787333388-C3","price":3.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1787333388.jpg?v=1789708985","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/all-down-darkness-wide-a-memoir-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}