New Ways to Kill Your Mother by Colm Tóibín
Focusing on the relationship between WB Yeats and his father or Thomas Mann and his children or JM Synge and his mother, the author examines a world of family relations, richly comic or savage in its implications.
A brilliant book..Toibin is a supple, subtle thinker, alive to hints and undertones, wary of absolute truths. -- Robert Hanks * New Statesman *
Illuminates, startles and delights...a consistingtly revealing look at how writers' relationships have influenced their work, [which] also sheds fascinating light on Toibin himself * Sunday Telegraph *
These are foxy essays...Toibin talks about writers' families...with great subtlety and sometimes with splendid impudence * The Spectator *
Insightful and compassionate...the breadth and depth of analysis here is impressive...Toibin wears his knowledge very lightly...a fine and engaging collection * Independent on Sunday *
Toibin is a particularly compelling guide to fellow novelists...a wide-ranging and enlightening study of the potentially stifling family and the individual spirit of the writer * Sunday Times *
Penetrating and often very funny...Toibin is a master * Telegraph *
He writes in muscular prose with a keen eye for detail * Economist *
Toibin knows how to select just the right detail...to feed our curiosity...a masterly writer, working at the full stretch of his powers * Guardian *
Compelling...remarkable * The Times *
Illuminates, startles and delights...a consistingtly revealing look at how writers' relationships have influenced their work, [which] also sheds fascinating light on Toibin himself * Sunday Telegraph *
These are foxy essays...Toibin talks about writers' families...with great subtlety and sometimes with splendid impudence * The Spectator *
Insightful and compassionate...the breadth and depth of analysis here is impressive...Toibin wears his knowledge very lightly...a fine and engaging collection * Independent on Sunday *
Toibin is a particularly compelling guide to fellow novelists...a wide-ranging and enlightening study of the potentially stifling family and the individual spirit of the writer * Sunday Times *
Penetrating and often very funny...Toibin is a master * Telegraph *
He writes in muscular prose with a keen eye for detail * Economist *
Toibin knows how to select just the right detail...to feed our curiosity...a masterly writer, working at the full stretch of his powers * Guardian *
Compelling...remarkable * The Times *
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 | 9780670918164 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670918164 |
| Title | New Ways to Kill Your Mother |
| Author | Colm T Ib N |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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