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7 maj 2024 · LONG ISLAND, by Colm Tóibín. In the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey, a fictional character, said goodbye to Enniscorthy, the real town in County Wexford, Ireland, where her creator, the novelist...
Long Island is a novel about family secrets, and as with most domestic drama there are no heroes or heroines or even villains. Tóibín captures the human condition as we all know it—flaws and all—where we try to do what’s best for us or those around us, sometimes without realizing the consequences.
7 maj 2024 · From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the...
9 maj 2024 · Tóibín's latest, a sequel to his 2009 novel, Brooklyn, is a devastating portrait of an Irish immigrant whose Italian American husband is expecting a baby with another woman.
Long Island, by Colm Tóibín, is a novel published by Scribner on May 7, 2024, and is a sequel to Tóibín’s 2009 novel Brooklyn. While Brooklyn is largely considered a work of historical fiction as it follows Eilis Lacey’s immigration to America from Ireland, Long Island occurs over 20 years later, as she returns to Ireland in crisis.
6 maj 2024 · Long Island by Colm Tóibín Expected publication: May 7, 2024 Rating: ★★★★ Order it here: Long Island. Twenty years after the end of Brooklyn, the readers is brought back into the life of Eilis Lacey, a woman who left her home country of Ireland to come to the United States.
9 maj 2024 · Such was the exodus route of many mostly white working- and middle-class New Yorkers during the late 1960s and '70s, when the city was perceived to be in decline. So it makes historical sense for Colm Tóibín's sequel to his 2009 best-seller, "Brooklyn," to be called "Long Island."
