Description
In rural Ireland, Barnabas Kane tries to hold his life together after a devastating barn fire kills a trusted farmhand and wipes out his cattle, leaving him to face grief, ruin, and the slow, relentless pressure of survival. As the seasons turn and the landscape seems to mirror his unraveling, Kane must navigate a world where hardship is both ordinary and unforgiving, forcing him to decide what perseverance means when hope feels out of reach. Paul Lynch’s lyrical, unsparing prose turns farming life into a meditation on loss and endurance, threading nature, time, and human frailty into a story that is as haunting as it is resilient. With a voice that blends realism and menace, this novel explores the heartbreak that follows catastrophe—and the stubborn, paradoxical impulse to keep going anyway.
Available Editions
paperback
Little, Brown
Published May 12, 2015
ISBN: 9780316376419
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Black Snow by Paul Lynch.