A Guest at the Feast Essays (Hardback) by ColmToibin Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2023 by Scribner Book Company, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-8520-2, ISBN: 1-4767-8520-1
"This meant that no one was ever quite sure who was actually in control, or who to appeal to when things went wrong. you So when Edgardo Sajón, a former government press secretary, was arrested in 1977, his wife went to see one of the ..."
The Magician(Reprint) (Paperback) by ColmToibin Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2022 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-8509-7, ISBN: 1-4767-8509-0
""The Magician opens at the turn of the twentieth century in a provincial German city where the young boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative, conventional father and a Brazilian mother, exotic and unpredictable, who will never fit in ..."
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know(1st Edition) The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce by ColmToibin Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-8517-2, ISBN: 1-4767-8517-1
"From Colm Tóibín, the formidable award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives and work of three men—William Wilde, John Butler Yeats, and John Stanislaus Joyce—and the complicated, influential relationships they had with their complicated sons.Colm Tóibín begins his incisive, revelatory Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know with a walk through the ..."
Brooklyn(Tie-In Edition) by ColmToibin, Colm Taoibain Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-0647-7, ISBN: 1-5011-0647-3
"Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture--is "a moving, deeply satisfying read" (Entertainment Weekly) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. "One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland i ..."
Nora Webster(Reprint) A Novel by ColmToibin, Nora Webster Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2015 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-7093-9, ISBN: 1-4391-7093-2
"From one of contemporary literature’s bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a “luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—“heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin).Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín’s magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deep ..."
"-Toibin is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work- (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity--shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the ..."
"Colm TÓibÍn’s second “lovely, understated” novel that “proceeds with stately grace” (The Washington Post Book World) about an uncompromising judge whose principles, when brought home to his own family, are tragic.Eamon Redmond is a judge in the Irish High Court. Obsessed all his life by the letter and spirit of the law, he is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings. With effortless fluency, TÓi ..."
The Master(Reprint) A Novel by ColmToibin, Colm Ta3iba-N, Colm Tibn Paperback, 338 Pages, Published 2005 by Scribner Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-5041-2, ISBN: 0-7432-5041-9
"Like Michael Cunningham in "The Hours, " Colm Toibin captures the extraordinary mind and heart of a great writer. Brilliant and profoundly moving, "The Master" tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America's first intellectual families two decades before the Civil War. James left his country to live in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London among privileged artists and writers. In stunningly resonant prose, Toibin captures th ..."
"In the opening pages of The Blackwater Lightship, a stranger drives up to Helen O'Doherty's Dublin house to tell her that her brother Declan is in the hospital and needs to see her. At his request, she joins him at the creepy seaside house of their grandmother--where, as children, they awaited news of their dying father. What's more, they're not the only guests. Paul and Larry, friends of Declan who have known about his HIV diag ..."
Brooklyn by ColmToibin Paperback, Published 2015 by Scribner / Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-4049-5, ISBN: 1-5011-4049-3
Nora Webster by ColmToibin Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2014 by Viking ISBN-13: 978-0-670-91815-7, ISBN: 0-670-91815-6
"It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them. Colm Toibin's Nora is a character as resonant as Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary and Nora Webster ..."
"This diminutive artists book was specially commissioned by Ivorypress as part of an ongoing series. Verso is a previously unpublished work by British sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker. Taking button samplers as her starting point, Parker uncovers the patterns left by the buttons and holes on the reverse side of these mundane pieces, using string and thread to create drawings and paths while attempting to reveal the motiva ..."
Sean Scully(1st Edition) Walls of Aran by Sean Scully, ColmToibin, Colin Toibin Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2007 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-54339-9, ISBN: 0-500-54339-9
"在线阅读本书 Sean Scully's photographs, with their horizontal and vertical shards of limestone, echo his painted work, revealing a creative process expressed through abstract shapes.Sean Scully is one of today's most esteemed painters, whose familiar signature style of lines or bands of color is instantly recognizable. Scully is also an accomplished photographer, his eye drawn in particular to architectural shapes that have clear affinities ..."
The South Picador Classic (Picador Classics) by ColmToibin, Roy Foster Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-7772-9, ISBN: 1-4472-7772-4
"With an introduction by Roy FosterA classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home. Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland and reach out for a new life. Determined to become an artist, she flees to Spain, where she meets Mig ..."
"New Ways to Kill Your Mother Novelist and critic Colm Toibin explores the relationships of writers with their families and their work in the brilliant, nuanced, and wholly original "New Ways to Kill Your Mother." Toibin--celebrated both for his award-winning fiction and his provocative book reviews and essays--traces the intriguing, often twisted family ties of writers in the books they leave behind. Through the relationship ... Full de ..."
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush(Updated) by ColmToibin Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2003 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-330-41993-2, ISBN: 0-330-41993-5
"A remarkable figure in Celtic history, she was married to an MP and land-owner, yet retained an unprecedented independence of both thought and deed, actively championing causes close to her heart. At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw no conflict in idealizing and mythologizing the Irish peasantry, for example, while her landlord husband introduced legislation that would, in part, lead to the widespread misery, povert ..."
The Sign of the Cross(Updated) Travels in Catholic Europe by ColmToibin Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-330-37357-9, ISBN: 0-330-37357-9
"Between 1990 and 1994, Colm Toibin made a series of trips through Catholic Europe, and then set down his impressions in this beautifully written book. His journey led him into close contact with people from all walks of life, from priests to politicians, from the intellectually open to the spiritually bigoted. Filled with personal detail set within its historical context, this is Toibin at his finest and most insightful. 'Colm Toibin wr ..."