The Newer World: 'a near-miracle of storytelling' Guardian
Sep 2026 · Faber & Faber
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END AND OLD GOD'S TIME
'Exquisite' INDEPENDENT
'Blazes with authenticity and poignancy' FT
'I loved this book' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
An immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.
Against the rapidly shifting landscape of post Civil War America, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.
Exquisitely rendered, and with a rich cast of characters, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.
'Gripping . . . another lyrical masterpiece from this literary legend' 5* READER REVIEW
'Evocative and thought provoking, it stayed with me after I finished reading' 5* READER REVIEW
'Striking and poignant . . . leaves a lingering sense of being witness to something so much bigger that one can ever truly comprehend' 5* READER REVIEW
'Evocative, emotive, humorous, Tennyson's journey is hopeful and visceral and compassionate and unforgettable' 5* READER REVIEW
'A powerful story of American history with clear reverberations in the present moment' 5* READER REVIEW
'Exquisite' INDEPENDENT
'Blazes with authenticity and poignancy' FT
'I loved this book' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
An immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.
Against the rapidly shifting landscape of post Civil War America, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.
Exquisitely rendered, and with a rich cast of characters, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.
'Gripping . . . another lyrical masterpiece from this literary legend' 5* READER REVIEW
'Evocative and thought provoking, it stayed with me after I finished reading' 5* READER REVIEW
'Striking and poignant . . . leaves a lingering sense of being witness to something so much bigger that one can ever truly comprehend' 5* READER REVIEW
'Evocative, emotive, humorous, Tennyson's journey is hopeful and visceral and compassionate and unforgettable' 5* READER REVIEW
'A powerful story of American history with clear reverberations in the present moment' 5* READER REVIEW
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END AND OLD GOD'S TIME
'Exquisite' INDEPENDENT
'Blazes with authenticity and poignancy' FT
'I loved this book' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
An immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil ...
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About the author
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in County Wicklow.
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and ...
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