The Narrow Land
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2020 | Winner |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2018 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Christine Dwyer Hickey's novel is set in Provincetown on Cape Cod in the summer of 1950, where the painter Edward Hopper and his wife Jo are vacationing, and follows their complicated marriage alongside the parallel lives of a young Irish couple and a grieving child. Exploring loneliness, artistic obsession, and the textures of mid-century American life, the novel won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2020.
About the Author
Christine Dwyer Hickey is an Irish novelist born in Dublin in 1958. She studied at the Brendan Smith Academy and began her career as an actress and playwright before becoming a novelist. Her novels include The Dancer (1994), The Gambler (1994), The Gatemaker (1997), Tatty (2004), Last Train from Liguria (2009), and The Lives of Women (2015). Read more →
