Farewell Companions
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Dublin, Farewell Companions chronicles the intertwined lives of a group of Irish men and women as they navigate the seismic upheavals of war, independence, and the quiet devastations of ordinary existence. James Plunkett — already celebrated for his masterwork Strumpet City — presents a richly textured portrait of a society straining against the weight of history, tracing his characters from the idealism of youth through the hard-won compromises of middle age, with an unflinching honesty that is at once tender and devastating. Plunkett's prose carries the deep musicality of the Irish literary tradition, weaving personal tragedy and political upheaval into a seamless, elegiac tapestry that recalls the grand social novels of the nineteenth century while remaining unmistakably modern in its sensibility. He illuminates how history is not merely a backdrop but an active, relentless force that shapes identity, fractures friendship, and erodes faith — leaving the reader to wonder what, if anything, endures when the companions of a lifetime are finally left behind.
Author: James Plunkett
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Dublin, Farewell Companions chronicles the intertwined lives of a group of Irish men and women as they navigate the seismic upheavals of war, independence, and the quiet devastations of ordinary existence. James Plunkett — already celebrated for his masterwork Strumpet City — presents a richly textured portrait of a society straining against the weight of history, tracing his characters from the idealism of youth through the hard-won compromises of middle age, with an unflinching honesty that is at once tender and devastating. Plunkett's prose carries the deep musicality of the Irish literary tradition, weaving personal tragedy and political upheaval into a seamless, elegiac tapestry that recalls the grand social novels of the nineteenth century while remaining unmistakably modern in its sensibility. He illuminates how history is not merely a backdrop but an active, relentless force that shapes identity, fractures friendship, and erodes faith — leaving the reader to wonder what, if anything, endures when the companions of a lifetime are finally left behind.