The Spinning Heart

{{short description| 2012 novel by Donal Ryan}}

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The Spinning Heart is a social novel written by Irish novelist Donal Ryan. It was first published in 2012 by Penguin Random House. Steerforth Press published the US edition in 2013.{{cite web |title=THE SPINNING HEART |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donal-ryan/spinning-heart/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |date=2013-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111074909/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donal-ryan/spinning-heart/ |archive-date=2021-11-11 |url-status=live |author=Ryan, Donal}}{{cite web |title=The Thing About December by Donal Ryan – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/08/thing-about-december-donal-ryan-review |website=The Guardian |date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108124508/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/08/thing-about-december-donal-ryan-review |archive-date=2014-01-08 |url-status=live |last1=Barry |first1=Sebastian}}{{cite web |title=Donal Ryan’s ‘Spinning Heart’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/books/review/donal-ryans-spinning-heart.html |website=The New York Times |date=2014-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321185310/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/books/review/donal-ryans-spinning-heart.html |archive-date=2014-03-21 |url-status=live |last1=Kalotay |first1=Daphne}} It won the 2012 Irish Book Award for the Newcomer of the Year and Book of the Year.{{cite news |title=Banville wins novel of year at awards |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1123/1224327011713.html |date=2012-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123120556/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1123/1224327011713.html |archive-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |work=The Irish Times |last1=Boland |first1=Rosita}}{{cite news |title=The Spinning Heart wins Book of the Year |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2012/1218/442239-bookoftheyear/ |date=2012-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702214109/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2012/1218/442239-bookoftheyear/ |archive-date=2018-07-02 |url-status=live |work=RTÉ}} It won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award{{Cite web|date=November 28, 2013|title=Donal Ryan has been named the winner of the 2013 Guardian First Book Award|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-media-winner-guardian-first-book-awards-2013|website=The Guardian|author=Press, GNM}} It also won the European Union Prize for Literature (Ireland) in 2015{{cite web|url=https://fep-fee.eu/Winners-of-the-European-Union|title=Winners of the European Union Prize for Literature 2015 (EUPL) on display in Frankfurt|date=October 14, 2015|website=Federation of European Publishers}} It was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize{{Cite web|title=The Spinning Heart {{!}} The Booker Prizes|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/books/spinning-heart-by|website=The Booker Prizes}} and shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2014.{{cite news |title=Donal Ryan among writers shortlisted for 2014 Impac Award |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/donal-ryan-among-writers-shortlised-for-2014-impac-award-1.1755461 |date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410121414/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/donal-ryan-among-writers-shortlised-for-2014-impac-award-1.1755461 |archive-date=2014-04-10 |url-status=live |work=The Irish Times |last1=Hilliard |first1=Mark}} In 2016 it was voted Irish Book of the Decade in a poll run by Dublin Book Festival.{{Cite journal|date=2016-11-14|title=Donal Ryan wins Dublin Book Festival's Book of The Decade|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2016/1114/831683-donal-ryan/|language=en}}