{"product_id":"conversation-with-the-sea-1","title":"Conversation with the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2026 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I feel changed by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estory' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Truly a book for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eour time' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Near-perfect \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebeauty' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE SPECKLED PEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deeply moving, utterly readable, bursting with life' Frank McGuinness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hamilton leaves you with images that linger' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is arrested at a street protest, he tries to make sense of his broken life with a journal as his sole companion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis inherited memory of the Nazi Holocaust comes face to face with the present when he meets a refugee from a recent warzone. As Lukas communes with the elements in this wild coastal place, he is forced into a confrontation with the past that will carry him to the edge of existence. \u003ci\u003eConversation with the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e speaks with heart-rending tenderness to the present moment, as it explores truth, illusion and the deadly silencing of war in a captivating tale of love in a time of displacement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unsettling and strangely absorbing' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound meditation ... precise, masterly' \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugo Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57057118617865,"sku":"9781399752121","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/9781399752121.jpg?v=1778750217","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/conversation-with-the-sea-1","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}