Brooklyn by Toibin Colm
A novel of great love and loss, and of the heartbreaking choice between personal freedom and duty.
It is in his emotional choreography that Tóibín shows himself to be an exceptional writer * Sunday Telegraph on The Blackwater Lightship *
It is impossible to read Tóibín without being moved, touched and finally changed * Independent on Sunday *
It is impossible to read Tóibín without being moved, touched and finally changed * Independent on Sunday *
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. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, has won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. His most recent novel is House of Names. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670918126 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670918121 |
| Title | Brooklyn |
| Author | Colm Toibin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Costa Novel Award 2009, Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011, Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: International Author of the Year 2010 |
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