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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT:  Manchester Literature Festival presents Maggie O’Farre
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DESCRIPTION:Maggie O'Farrell makes a welcome return to Manchester Literat
 ure Festival with her extraordinary new novel\, Land - a sweeping\, mult
 i-generational epic inspired by her own family history and the dramatic 
 landscapes of Ireland’s Atlantic coast. \n \nSet in 1865\, in the shadow
  of the Great Hunger\, the novel follows mapmaker Tomás and his son as t
 hey survey a devastated country. When they discover an uncharted woodlan
 d absent from every existing map\, a strange encounter sets in motion a 
 journey through buried histories\, longing and survival.  \n \nJoin one 
 of contemporary fiction’s greatest storytellers as she explores the way 
 history shapes both landscapes and the lives bound to them. Hosted by Al
 ex Clark.  \n \n“A deep-mapping of a place and its people\, a heart-burs
 ting story of resilience and love. Land is simply the best novel I've re
 ad in years” Louise Kennedy  \n \nA Manchester Literature Festival event
  co-presented with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. S
 ponsored by The Edwardian Manchester. \n \nMaggie O’Farrell is one of to
 day’s most beloved writers. Her novels have sold over four million copie
 s and been translated into 43 languages. Her memoir I Am\, I Am\, I Am w
 as a number one bestseller\, while Hamnet\, The Marriage Portrait and Th
 e Hand That First Held Mine have all received major literary acclaim. La
 nd follows the film adaptation of Hamnet\, co-written by Maggie O'Farrel
 l and Academy Award-winner Chloé Zhao. 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:RNCM\, 124 Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M13 9RD
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