The Heather Blazing (birthday edition) by Colm Toibin

The Heather Blazing (birthday edition) by Colm Toibin

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Summary

Eamonn Redmond, an Irish High Court judge in his sixties, is now nearing retirement. But instead of looking back contently over a lifetime of achievement, Redmond is forced, unwillingly, into an examination of his past and that of his country. Past and present blend in the shadows of his memory.

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The Heather Blazing (birthday edition) by Colm Toibin

Colm Toibin is a master storyteller, renowned for his keen, spare style and the understated emotional charge of his novels. Eamon Redmond, a High Court judge in his sixties, is now nearing retirement. But where you would expect him to look back contentedly over a lifetime of achievement, Redmond is forced, unwillingly, into an examination of his past. Land and sea, past and present, country and city, youth and age: Toibin employs the juxtapositions of life with effortless power, conjuring an authentic and deeply moving story out of the shadows of a man's memory.
'The novel is narrated dispassionately and with deceptive simplicity, moving between the public figure of the judge in his study and the terrible deaths of childhood.. It is impossible to read Toibin without being moved, touched and finally changed' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and its sequel Long Island, and The Magician, and three collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
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ISBN 13 9780330493734
ISBN 10 0330493736
Title The Heather Blazing (birthday edition)
Author Colm T Ib N
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2002-09-06
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.