Brooklyn
Seiten
2010
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-104776-8 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-104776-8 (ISBN)
A devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Discover Brooklyn ahead of its eagerly anticipated follow-up, Long Island.
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far from home - and homesick. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland.
There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
***
'With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork' Sunday Times
'Unforgettable' Spectator
'The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time' Zoë Heller, Guardian
'Magnificent' Sunday Telegraph
The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan.
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far from home - and homesick. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland.
There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
***
'With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork' Sunday Times
'Unforgettable' Spectator
'The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time' Zoë Heller, Guardian
'Magnificent' Sunday Telegraph
The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan.
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.
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 111 x 181 mm |
| Gewicht | 142 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Schlagworte | Costa Book Award • Emigration; Romane/Erzählungen • Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • Irland, Geschichte; Romane/Erzähl. • Irland, Geschichte; Romane/Erzählungen • New York-Brooklyn, Geschichte; Roman/Erzählung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-104776-3 / 0141047763 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-104776-8 / 9780141047768 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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