The Newer World by Barry, Sebastian
The Newer World by Barry, Sebastian

The Newer World

"One of the best writers in the English language." --The Washington Post From five-time Booker Prize nominee...
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Author: Sebastian Barry
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Newer World by Barry, Sebastian

The Newer World

$33.60
The Newer World by Barry, Sebastian

The Newer World

$33.60
Author: Sebastian Barry
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"One of the best writers in the English language." --The Washington Post

From five-time Booker Prize nominee Sebastian Barry, a sweeping yet intimate novel about one man's life the in the aftermath of the Civil War

I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things ... were gone forever.

Born into bondage in Union-leaning northwest Tennessee, Tennyson Bouguereau spends his days working the tobacco fields of a small farm, avoiding any action that might drive his pro-Confederate neighbors to the kind of unprovoked violence that killed his mother. But when, in the wake of emancipation, a gang of defeated rebels descends on the farm, his choice to defend it and the people within makes Tennyson a wanted man. He will now not have the chance to till the ten acres he and his sister, Rosalee, have been given as their own. Instead, he must leave the relative safety of the only home he's known and venture into the newer world.

Set against the rapidly shifting landscape of nineteenth-century America, from a religious school in Nashville to army camps in New Mexico and South Dakota, and featuring beloved characters from Sebastian Barry's award-winning novels Days Without End and A Thousand Moons, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way. Dreamlike and unforgettable, it is the work of a consummate storyteller at the height of his powers.

Author: Sebastian Barry
Publisher: Viking
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780593654613


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2026 pg. 70
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2026

About the Author
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, he is the author of nine novels, five of which have been long- or shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Old God's Time (2023). His work has won numerous awards in Ireland, the UK, and France, including the Costa Book of the Year Award, the Walter Scott Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In the US, his novels have been recognized by the ALA Carnegie Medal (longlist), the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (shortlist), and the High Plains Book Award (winner). He lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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