Sebastian Barry 2 Books Collection Set (A Thousand Moons, Days Without End) - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
A Thousand Moons
Days Without End

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Age Range: Adult

Overview
This two-book paperback collection brings together Sebastian Barry's linked novels of the American frontier, Days Without End and A Thousand Moons. Together they follow the McNulty-Cole family through the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the turbulent Reconstruction era in Tennessee. Told in Barry's lyrical prose, these are stories of chosen family, survival, violence, and tenderness on the edges of a fractured young nation. A rich introduction to one of Ireland's most celebrated novelists, this set rewards readers who love historical fiction with real emotional depth.

About the Books
Days Without End opens in the 1850s as teenage Thomas McNulty, who fled famine-era Ireland, enlists in the US Army alongside his brother-in-arms John Cole. Together they survive the brutal Indian Wars and the Civil War, forging a bond at the emotional center of the novel, while also raising Winona, a young Lakota girl orphaned by the violence around them. Barry's prose captures both the horror of nineteenth-century warfare and the surprising tenderness the two men build amid it; the novel went on to win the Costa Book of the Year and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. A Thousand Moons continues the story from a new vantage point, narrated by Winona herself as a young woman coming of age in post-Civil War Tennessee. Navigating prejudice and danger in a divided Reconstruction-era South, Winona must reckon with a violent crime against her while holding onto the makeshift family that raised her and searching for a measure of justice. Read together, the two novels form a moving, multi-generational portrait of displaced people finding belonging amid some of the most turbulent decades in American history. Fans of literary historical fiction and character-driven family sagas will find both books rewarding as standalone reads or as one continuous story worth savoring slowly.

Key Benefits

• Two linked novels from a two-time Costa Book of the Year winning author
• Includes Days Without End, winner of the Costa Book of the Year and Walter Scott Prize
• Character-driven historical fiction spanning the Indian Wars, Civil War, and Reconstruction
• Can be read as standalone novels or as a continuous family saga
• Brand-new matching paperback editions, great for shelving together
• A thoughtful gift for readers of literary and historical fiction

Book-by-Book Guide
Days Without End — Thomas McNulty and John Cole fight through America's bloodiest nineteenth-century conflicts while raising an orphaned Lakota girl as their own.
A Thousand Moons — Winona, now grown, narrates her search for truth and safety in a violently unsettled Reconstruction-era Tennessee.

About the Author
Sebastian Barry is an acclaimed Irish novelist and playwright, born in Dublin in 1955 and twice named Ireland's Laureate for Irish Fiction. He is a two-time winner of the Costa Book of the Year, for The Secret Scripture and Days Without End, and has been shortlisted multiple times for the Man Booker Prize. Known for his lyrical, historically grounded storytelling, Barry often draws on his own family history, weaving real and imagined ancestors into novels that span Ireland and America. His work has earned widespread critical acclaim and a devoted international readership.

Why You'll Love This Set
A gorgeous match for book clubs, history buffs, and literary fiction fans, this two-book paperback set makes a standout holiday or birthday gift, a thoughtful stocking stuffer, or a treat for yourself. Settle in with two unforgettable, award-recognized novels perfect for cozy weekend reading or an ambitious summer reading project.

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