37 pages 1 hour read

Donal Ryan

The Spinning Heart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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Essay Topics

1.

What is the significance of the spinning heart decoration on Frank’s gate? What does it symbolize?

2.

Consider how each story is told from a different point of view. What effect does this have on the overall reading of the novel in relation to the central theme?

3.

Much of the novel focuses on unhealthy relationships between parents and their children. Choose two parent/child relationships and explore the cyclic nature of this tension.