Bøger om Belfast

Trees that giggle and sneeze? Surely that can't be!As 10-year-old Hazel embarks on a family road trip from Inishbofin Island to Belfast for her Halloween break, she anticipates a journey filled with ordinary sights and long hours. But as the world outside turns into a blur of cars and scenery, Hazel's attention is unexpectedly captivated by the wilderness along the road.Suddenly, the mundane transforms into the extraordinary when she witnesses trees doing the unthinkable! While most would steer clear of such bewildering sights, Hazel's curiosity and courage propel her into a hidden world.Join Hazel on this enchanted journey as she unravels the whimsical mysteries of nature and discovers that the ordinary can sometimes be truly magical.

WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE EWART-BIGGS PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2024ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE TIMES AND IRISH TIMESSean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back in these scarred streets, where the promised prosperity of peacetime has never arrived. Back among his brothers, his ma, and all the things they never talk about. Until one night Sean finds himself at a party - dog-tired, surrounded by jeering strangers, his back against the wall - and he makes a big mistake.'Staggeringly humane, unfaltering, taut and tender... [It] feels like that rarest of things: a genuinely necessary book' Guardian'Every detail rings true, every character is fleshy and real and heartbreaking... Michael Magee has a remarkable talent' Sunday Times

In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals. Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, Ten Men Dead offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions - on both sides - that Republicanism arouses.

De kommunale sportsbaner, Belfast, Nordirland: En håndfuld mennesker har meldt sig til et løbeprogram, der over ni uger skal bringe dem fra sofaen og frem til fem kilometers uafbrudt løb. De kender ikke hinanden i forvejen og har meget forskellige grunde til at snøre kondiskoene. Nogen løber tilsyneladende fra noget, andre mod noget. Det lange løb er en lille perle af en kort, præcis roman, en fortælling om at række ud over sig selv og måske vinde øjeblikke så gyldne som efterårsblade, uanset ens sluttid.Af David Park er på dansk tillige udkommet de anmelderroste romaner Sandhedskommissæren, Hun som sluger solen, Poeternes hustruer og Under fremmed himmel. Han skriver intenst om mellemmenneskelige bånd, brudte og sommetider bundne, sine steder under den nordirske vinkel (fx Sandhedskommissæren), altid med et stærkt almenmenneskeligt perspektiv.