num_pages: 296
description: Digging a grave during a European civil war, two men share their experiences and draw conclusions about why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Schopenhauer's Telescope
titlecomplete: Schopenhauer's Telescope
genres: Psychology, Suspense, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Thriller, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Dystopia, Ireland
ratings_count: 477
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Counterpoint