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[01:01] Paul Lynch shortlisted for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award
Irish Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch has been shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award for his highly acclaimed novel Prophet Song.
https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0325/1503845-dublin-literary-award/
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Started and finished #ProphetSong on a couple of flights on Sunday. I haven't reacted so strongly to a book like that in quite a while. I had to stop reading a few times, it's tough in places.
But as a warning of how it could happen, how Ireland could slip, and the rise of the far right, it was quite chilling, told amongst the mundanity of kids' lunches and baked goods.I still don't know if I liked it. I don't think liking is the right word. But I can't stop thinking about it either.
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"Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch is a powerful and harrowing tale that feels like is etched on the inside of my skill. It tells of the aftermath of the election of a fascist government in a fictional Republic of Ireland. You won't be able to put it down. I wouldn't necessarily recommend reading it though (it won't leave you unchanged), unless you live in the USA, in which case: better to know. #Books #USA #ProphetSong
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Sa traduction arrivera trop tard en France, pas avant le 7 juillet, pas avant 2025 Le roman Prophet Song de Paul Lynch se déroule dans une Irlande contemporaine. Le nouveau pouvoir politique a mis en place des lois d'urgence, bientôt une police politique, les contrôles, le harcèlement d'opposants ou leur disparition, des manifestations réprimées avec violence, puis les licenciements en faveur de personnes favorables au régime, la coupure d'accès à Internet, la chasse aux "terroristes", la guerre civile, l'errance et le désespoir des réfugiés... Glaçant et implacable #PaulLynch #ProphetSong #dystopia #bookstodon #vendredilecture #books #mastolivre #livre
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I just finished reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. Prior to that, Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Both were superbly written, brilliant story-telling. Any other time, exactly what I would want more of. But my heart and stomach are already sick from our current realities and these books are just too close to the bone for me right now. I need recommendations for some reading that’s going to be a little more soothing. Ideas welcome #books #reading #prophetsong
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My Review of #ProphetSong by Paul Lynch.
"In the context of a fascist state, the novel explores themes such as #parenthood, professionalism, ageing, bureaucracy, and marriage. But of all of Prophet Song’s themes, a defining one is power—specifically, the power a capitalist state can have over working-class people"#BookReview #Novel #Reading #read2024 #ReadingCommunity #Irish #Ireland #BookerPrize
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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵 -
Lynch's suffocating prose captures the experience of civilians who wait too long, denying a democracy's fall.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #paullynch #prophetsong #bookerprize #ireland #autocracy #democracy #casualtiesofwar
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“..and how could he have known anyhow, how could any of us have known what was going to happen, I suppose other people seemed to know, but I never understood how they were so certain, what I mean is, you could never have imagined it, not in a million years, all that was to happen,[..]
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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
—ECCLESIASTES 1:9In the dark times will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.
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Prophet Song was perhaps not the best choice for a pre Xmas read. Powerfully depressing. The concentration on the impact on one family rather than on the politics that caused their misery amplified the message. A warning of perils ahead, not that we really need one.
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An ode to Prophet Song, a book of dread
That captures Ireland's fear and dread
A prize-winning tale
Dystopian and pale
Lauded for chillingly staring death in head#bookerprize2023 #paullynch #prophetsong #dystopianfiction #ode #poetry
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Delighted for Paul Lynch, worthy winner of the #BookerPrize2023 for his #ProphetSong, pictured here @KennysBookshop x
Paul Lynch, Booker Prize Winner 2023 ( 📸 Dean Kelly)
