“Written with mesmerizing power and skill” (The Boston Globe), Brooklyn is a “triumph…One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). Author “Colm Tóibín…is his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times). Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in Manhattan and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future. Colm Tibn FRSL, is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. “One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two.
Description: Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel-soon to be a film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent from the award-winning team that produced An Education-is “a moving, deeply satisfying read” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. Vinegar Hill by Colm Tóibín and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at .uk.
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