# Birchwood

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/john-banville/birchwood

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- Authors: [John Banville](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-banville)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-08-06

## Description

Birchwood represents a watershed in contemporary Irish writing: it is a novel in which history becomes a rich black comedy full of land agitation and Gothic characters; and a sense of bewilderment at the nature of the universe fills its pages.

## Editions

### Birchwood

- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-03-3037-232-9
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2010-08-06
- Language: en_GB