All That Is Solid Melts into Air (novel)
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First edition (publ. Viking Press)
All That is Solid Melts into Air is the debut novel by the Irish writer Darragh McKeon.
Using the Chernobyl disaster as a backdrop, the novel chronicles the collapse and ultimate end of the Soviet Union.[1][2] McKeon was shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year award at the 2014 Irish Book Awards.[3]
References[]
- ^ Marra, Anthony (2014-08-07). "Darragh McKeon's 'All That Is Solid Melts Into Air'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ Burnside, John (2014-03-22). "All That Is Solid Melts into Air review – 'a moving debut of life after Chernobyl'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ Walsh, Alison (16 November 2014). "The Shock of the New". The Independent.
Categories:
- 2014 Irish novels
- Novels set in the Soviet Union
- 2014 debut novels
- Chernobyl disaster in fiction