A Long Long Way and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more

Buy New

Quantity:

Buy Used

Used - Very Good See details

Price: �1.89

Fulfilled by Amazon

More Buying Choices

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Sorry, this item is not available in

Image not available for
Colour:

Image not available

Share your own customer images

Search inside this book

Start reading A Long Long Way on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

A Long Long Way [Paperback]

Sebastian Barry (Author)

4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)

RRP:	�7.99
Price:	�5.51 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Deal Price:
You Save:	�2.48 (31%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Only 8 left in stock (more on the way).
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.

Want it Friday, 21 June? Choose Express delivery at checkout. Details

	Amazon Price		New from	Used from
Kindle Edition	�5.01		--	--
Hardcover	�13.00		--	--
Show # more hardcovers
Show fewer hardcovers
Paperback	�5.51		--	--
Show # more paperbacks
Show fewer paperbacks
Audio, CD, Audiobook, Unabridged	--		--	--
Show # more audio books
Show fewer audio books
Audio Download, Unabridged	�17.85	or Free with Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial

Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional £5 promotional Gift Certificate, when you trade-in at least £10 worth of books. Learn more.

› See more product promotions

Book Description

Publication Date: 6 April 2006

One of the most vivid and realised characters of recent fiction, Willie Dunne is the innocent hero of Sebastian Barry's highly acclaimed novel. Leaving Dublin to fight for the Allied cause as a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he finds himself caught between the war playing out on foreign fields and that festering at home, waiting to erupt with the Easter Rising.

Profoundly moving, intimate and epic, A Long Long Way charts and evokes a terrible coming of age, one too often written out of history.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; }

Profoundly moving, intimate and epic, A Long Long Way charts and evokes a terrible coming of age, one too often written out of history.

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Seasonal Offer:
This title is part of our Seasonal Offers promotion.

Frequently Bought Together

Price For All Three: �17.43

Show availability and delivery details

Buy the selected items together

This item: A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry Paperback �5.51
Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry Paperback �5.99
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry Paperback �5.93

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Annie Dunne
› Sebastian Barry

4.3 out of 5 stars (15)

Paperback

�5.99
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty
› Sebastian Barry

4.4 out of 5 stars (23)

Paperback

�5.93
On Canaan's Side
› Sebastian Barry

4.0 out of 5 stars (47)

Paperback

�3.86
The Heather Blazing
Colm Toibin

4.2 out of 5 stars (8)

Paperback

�6.74
The Secret Scripture
› Sebastian Barry

3.9 out of 5 stars (179)

Paperback

�5.03
The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story
Anne Enright

4.2 out of 5 stars (5)

Paperback

�6.89

Product details

Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber (6 April 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0571218016
ISBN-13: 978-0571218011
Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 19.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Sebastian Barry Page

Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Product Description

Review

'The story grips, shocks and saddens; but most importantly refuses to be forgotten.' --The Times

'A stunning achievement... Barry has written one of the most moving fictional accounts of war that surely must rank alongside those real-life testimonies of Owen and Sasson.' --Sunday Tribune

'A deeply moving story of courage and fidelity.' --J. M. Coetzee

Book Description

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005 - an epic and moving story of one man's war.

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)

Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry Paperback
3.9 out of 5 stars (179)

�5.03

Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry Paperback
4.3 out of 5 stars (15)

�5.99

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry Paperback
4.4 out of 5 stars (23)

�5.93

On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry Paperback
4.0 out of 5 stars (47)

�3.86

› Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars

4.5 out of 5 stars

Write a customer review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 82 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to read again 11 Aug 2006

By Patricia

Format:Paperback

I read this book a few months ago and when I finished it I felt I had to read it again to capture some of the powerful descriptions of human feelings, love, fear, confusion, betrayal, disappointment, compradeship, etc., I picked it up again last week and have enjoyed reading every page of it a second time.

In this book Sebastian Barry has dealt with a subject rarely even talked about until recently in Ireland. That is, the dilemna of 1916 when Irishmen were fighting against Britain in Dublin while at the same time Irishmen were fighting in WW1.

This is the human side of that dilemna. As Colm Toibin says on the cover of the book "This is Sebastian Barry's song of innocence and experience composed with poetic grace and eye, both unflinching and tender, for savage detail and moments of pure beauty. It is also an astonishing display of Barry's gift for creating a memorable character, whome he has written, indelibly, back into a history which continues to haunt us".

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

82 of 83 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly crafted novel 17 July 2006

By A. Coyle

Format:Paperback

I'm not really one for war novels but was drawn to this because of its focus on Irish soldiers fighting in the Great War against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in their own country (I'm Irish myself) and because it was nominated for the Booker Prize. I whizzed through 'The Da Vinci Code' before this (well, I thought it was about time that I knew what people were going on about) and found it a blessed relief to savour the poetic prose of Sebastian Barry's novel after the dross of Dan Brown's. Barry describes interactions and interiority with poetic insight, so much so that I re-read many passages, just to taste properly all that they had to offer. However, some of his graphic descriptions of the field of battle are stomach-churning - and so they should be. In Willie Dunne, he creates a deeply empathic character whose growing sense of out-of-placeness and disillusionment with the discourses of war build incrementally across the novel. I found the end both shocking and deeply moving. This is a superbly crafted book that I would recommend unreservedly.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Evokes pain and sorrow 23 Feb 2006

By B. Gudmundsson

Format:Paperback

I don't like using big words when describing books. But I think I will have to do it this time around. A Long Long Way is one of the best novels I have read in a long time. Let me explain.

I've long been interested in fiction that takes place in a war or is in someway related to a war situation. At first because of the action, but as I grew up I liked to read about how people react in a war situation. Following Willie Dunne's ordeals I felt so many pains, so many sorrows. Sebastian Barry shows great depth in describing both the conflicts of war but more importantly the agonies of war, the fear and hopes of the soldiers. I'm not a big fan of poetry. But in this case I think the fact that Sebastian Barry is a poet as well as a novelist and dramatist may explain why his style is so good, so capable of conveying emotion (mind you I haven't read any of his poetry).

A Long Long Way is perhaps the best novel I've read in a long time. If I try to categorize it as war fiction it tops all the books I´ve read recently (Doctorow's The March - good -, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried - very good -) and war related fiction such as Gunther Grass's Crabwalk - very good - and Ismail Kadare's General of the Dead Army - somewhat disappointing.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A passionate tale. 27 Oct 2005

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This is without doubt my read of 2005. Sebastian Barry is to be admired for his brave choice of historical content in this book. The story of young, innocent Irish men fighting and dying under an English flag in foreign fields deserves to be told. Indeed it is a story that may well have been censored for a long time. Barry tells it well, graphically illustrating the horror of that time in British and Irish history. But the prize that this book represents is held in the poetry of the words and the thoughts - even in the most gruelling passages. This is a book of love, family, passion, bravery, innocence lost and humanity gained. A great, great read.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A possible Booker winner? 4 Sep 2005

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I thought Ian McEwan's book was a certainty for the Booker until I read this. Barry writes with the intensity and passion usually associated with the great world war one writers Sassoon and Owen. You can almost feel and hear the pain and sounds of the trenches. His examination of the ambivalence and confusion surrounding the Irish question hits the perfect note. My own father was a Northern Ireland RUC man who regarded himself as Irish but who gave an allegiance to the Queen's uniform. Our family identities were never clear-cut because of the conflicts of interest and Barry dramatically and accurately portrays the same dilemmas.
A wonderful read.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ireland's All Quiet on the Western Front 9 July 2006

By Gareth Smyth VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

While inevitably billed as a "revisionist" work that seeks to tell the story of the Irish who fought for Britain in the First World War rather than against Britain in the 1916 uprising, the real achievement of Barry's novel is that it goes beyond the flags to ask if any of them was really worth fighting for.

Barry is a fine writer, with a gift for characterisation and for simple description. He has a gritty realism but touches a pathos linking all those who fought - for Ireland, for Germany, for Britain, for money - and who were heroes, victims and traitors.

Ireland has found its 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

› See all 70 customer reviews (newest first) on Amazon.co.uk

Write a customer review

Would you like to see more reviews about this item?

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 55 reviews 4.6 out of 5 stars

Were these reviews helpful? Let us know

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A Long Long Way

This is a great book that tell of the horrors of the first world war and how thousands of young men lost their lives in horrendous conditions. Read more

Published 1 month ago by chic

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful read

Having read 'Birdsong', Pat Barker's 'Regeneration' trilogy, and more WW1 poetry than I care to remember, this book still proved to be something of a revelation to me. Read more

Published 2 months ago by H. Colthup

4.0 out of 5 stars Sebastian Barry

I bought this for myself and it came in good time for Christmas but I haven't read it yet - expecting it to be good.

Published 2 months ago by MR

2.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful

What an amazing.story. Funny,prosaic yet tender.This book had me hungry for every page and kept me busy in the wee small hours.

Published 4 months ago by Mrs. A. C. Craig

5.0 out of 5 stars Betrayed

It's easy to describe the First World War factually, mainly because we are all now so familiar with it, via countless documentaries, eye-witness accounts, poems and novels (notably... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Stephen Hudson

5.0 out of 5 stars What a writer!

I was given an earlier book written by Sebastian Barry, it was great, I had to seek out others. This tells the story from another perspective, just great and very heart wrenching. Read more

Published 5 months ago by J. M. Tillotson

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Classic

Barry's novel starts beautifully and continues with a memorable mixture of the timeless fear, sadness and camaraderie of a soldier and the specific experience of an Irishman with... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Ashencrump

5.0 out of 5 stars good

very good pleased ( i will not write words that I do not want to write even to make it 17 words)

Published 6 months ago by G. poa

5.0 out of 5 stars Willy Dunne did it for me

Frankly, reading about war would never be my first choice on a Sunday, but I'm so glad I picked up this book. Willy Dunne my little Irish hero, and the war... Read more

Published 8 months ago by stellagoodchild

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book with problems.

Of course reviews are all about peoples opinions on a subject, so thats what I will offer.

I found this book at times very hard to read because of the long tangents... Read more

Published 8 months ago by R. Wright

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
fiction discussion forum Spend an erotic night of BDSM, Domination/submission, and exhibition with Jim and Kay this weekend..	49	12 minutes ago
fiction discussion forum What are you reading now?	8451	22 minutes ago
fiction discussion forum Self-published books: pain or gain?	6127	1 hour ago
fiction discussion forum Come on - why don't we write our own book right here in the fiction forum ? I'll do the first sentence, and then jump in....hold on, here we go...	7216	6 hours ago
fiction discussion forum Nobody reads on the loo do they ? not really - and yet so many people have books in the loo !	19	9 hours ago
fiction discussion forum What is the POINT of zombie novels, exactly?	135	10 hours ago
fiction discussion forum Can anyone recommend a good book	108	10 hours ago
fiction discussion forum Novels set in or about pubs?	11	16 hours ago