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12 wrz 2024 · More than two decades after Colm Tóibín published his beloved novel Brooklyn, he has surprised fans (and himself) by writing Long Island, a follow-up featuring many of the same characters.
7 maj 2024 · Now a suburban married mother, Eilis Lacey finds herself in a quandary in “Long Island,” Colm Tóibín’s sequel to his much-admired novel.
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.
16 maj 2024 · Colm Tóibín speaks with Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes, who is currently a fellow at the The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers and publishes in 2024 her novel The Alternatives, a portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice.
9 maj 2024 · Long Island is the sequel to Tóibín’s 2009 bestseller, Brooklyn, which was turned into a multiple-Oscar-nominated film by the same title, starring Saoirse Ronan. But in this video, the author confesses that, at first, writing a sequel was the “last thing in the world” he planned to do.
Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels—most recently Long Island—as well as two story collections and several books of criticism.He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the ...
23 maj 2024 · These photos show the real bars, beaches, and castles of the Irish town where Oprah's 105th Book Club pick is set—and where author Colm Tóibín grew up!
