The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín

The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín

From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence.

Colm Tóibín's new collection is the work of an author at the peak of his writing powers * The Times *
Always deeply moving, the stories here - like the surf-washed pebbles on that Wexford beach - will be read for meaning and enjoyed for their shape and sound for ages to come * Tribune *
It's a collection that will only further fuel Tóibín's ascent through English fiction * Independent on Sunday *
Exquisite. . The chief reason to read these stories is the peculiar power of Colm Tóibín's prose * Telegraph *
Astonishingly precise, depicting complex and conflicted states of mind with rare clarity * Observer *
Beautifully observed * Sunday Times *
Tóibín's deceptively straightforward style continues to manage somehow to encompass both lucidity and ambiguity, precision and poetry * Irish Times *
Exquisite * Metro, Fiction of the Week *
These stories are always intensely interesting and sometimes profoundly provocative * Irish Independent *
Perfect; and as good as the best of William Trevor, than which there can be no higher praise * Scotsman *

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.

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ISBN 13	9780141041773
ISBN 10	0141041773
Title	The Empty Family
Author	Colm T Ib N
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2011-06-30
Number of pages	224
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