Name: This is Happiness
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Author: Niall Williams
ISBN: 9781635574203

Type

Physical Book

Author

Niall Williams

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.70 kg.

ISBN13

9781635574203

Synopsis "This is Happiness "

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST and REAL SIMPLEA profound and enchanting new novel from Booker Prize-longlisted author Niall Williams about the loves of our lives and the joys of reminiscing. You don't see rain stop, but you sense it. You sense something has changed in the frequency you've been living and you hear the quietness you thought was silence get quieter still, and you raise your head so your eyes can make sense of what your ears have already told you, which at first is only: something has changed. The rain is stopping. Nobody in the small, forgotten village of Faha remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard was a condition of living. Now--just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of electricity--it is stopping. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is standing outside his grandparents' house shortly after the rain has stopped when he encounters Christy for the first time. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. This is the story of all that was to follow: Christy's long-lost love and why he had come to Faha, Noel's own experiences falling in and out of love, and the endlessly postponed arrival of electricity--a development that, once complete, would leave behind a world that had not changed for centuries. Niall Williams' latest novel is an intricately observed portrait of a community, its idiosyncrasies and its traditions, its paradoxes and its inanities, its failures and its triumphs. Luminous and otherworldly, and yet anchored with deep-running roots into the earthy and the everyday, This Is Happiness is about stories as the very stuff of life: the ways they make the texture and matter of our world, and the ways they write and rewrite us.

Niall Williams

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Niall Williams is an Irish author known for his lyrical and evocative style, exploring human relationships, rural life, and the passage of time. His work is characterized by a focus on small details and everyday emotions, with an often melancholic and reflective tone. Williams has primarily written contemporary novels and is recognized for his ability to blend prose with poetry, creating a unique atmosphere.

One of his most notable works is This is Happiness (2019), a story that explores life in a small Irish village during the 50s, through the eyes of a young man. He has also written other novels such as Four Letters of Love (1997) and As It Is in Heaven (2003)

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