description: Recognised as a small masterpiece when first published in 1977, and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A poignant novel about a boy in Derry jolted into early adulthood by harsh circumstances.
language: English
title: New Windmills: Shadows on Our Skin
titlecomplete: New Windmills: Shadows on Our Skin (New Windmills)
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Historical, Coming Of Age, Female Authors, Young Adult, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 449
places: Derry, Northern Ireland
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio letterario Giuseppe Acerbi
publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division