Conversation with the Sea

Name: Conversation with the Sea
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781399752107
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By Hugo Hamilton

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‘Truly a book for our time’ - PAUL LYNCH FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Speckled People Fleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at... Read More

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Hugo Hamilton is a master at evoking placelessness, and in this hypnotic, passionate and urgent novel, he cuts a clean line to the truth of our mindless moment - truly a book for our time. - Paul Lynch

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‘Truly a book for our time’ - PAUL LYNCH

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF The Speckled People

Fleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is arrested at a street protest, he tries to make sense of his broken life with a journal as his sole companion.

His inherited memory of the Nazi Holocaust comes face to face with the present when he meets a refugee from a recent warzone. As Lukas communes with the elements in this wild coastal place, he is forced into a confrontation with the past that will carry him to the edge of existence.

Conversation with the Sea speaks with heart-rending tenderness to the present moment, as it explores truth, illusion and the deadly silencing of war in a captivating tale of love in a time of displacement.

‘Told with Hamilton’s signature purity of tone, an epic story about how love and history intersect.’ - ANNE ENRIGHT

‘I don't think I've ever read a book as wise, or as moving. I will treasure it forever.’ - DONAL RYAN

‘Hypnotic, passionate, urgent ... Hamilton cuts a clean line to the truth of our mindless moment.’ - PAUL LYNCH

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781399752107

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: Ireland

Imprint: Hachette Books Ireland

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 335g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Hugo Hamilton is the best-selling author of The Speckled People, a memoir of his German-Irish childhood in Dublin, growing up with his German mother and prohibited by his revolutionary Irish father from speaking English. It was translated into twenty languages and adapted for stage at the Gate Theatre. He has published ten novels including Dublin Palms and The Pages, a collection of short stories, and a second memoir The Sailor in the Wardrobe. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker. He has won numerous literary awards for his work including the Prix Femina in France and the Bundesverdienstkreuz order of merit, awarded by the German state for his exploration of cultural diversity. Hamilton is a member of Aosdana and lives in Dublin.

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