Opis: Brooklyn - Colm Toibin

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. The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time -- Zoe Heller Guardian, Books of the Year With this elating and humane novel, Colm Toibin has produced a masterwork Sunday Times Brooklyn moved me more than any other book this year -- Nicholas Hytner Observer, Books of the Year A beautifully crafted work that transformed ordinary lives into something extraordinary Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year No book this year gave me greater pleasure -- Nell Freudenberger Financial Times Not a sentence or a thought out of place. It takes over as his finest ficiton to date Irish Times Remarkable freshness and immediacy ... with a lovely comedic lightness Daily Mail A lovely, thoughtful book ... alive with authentic detail, moved along by the ripples of affection and doubt that shape any life: a novel that offers the reader serious pleasure Daily Telegraph Tremendously moving and powerful New Statesman

Szczegóły: Brooklyn - Colm Toibin

Tytuł: Brooklyn
Autor: Colm Toibin
Wydawnictwo: Penguin
ISBN: 9780241975893
Rok wydania: 2015
Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.16 kg

Recenzje: Brooklyn - Colm Toibin