{"title":"Colm Toibin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-guest-at-the-feast-essays-hardcover-toibin-colm-hardcover","title":"A Guest at the Feast: Essays -- Colm Toibin, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"IT ALL STARTED WITH MY BALLS.\" So begins Colm Tóibín's fabulously compelling essay, laced with humor, about his diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Tóibín survives, but he has entered, as he says, \"the age of one ball.\" The second essay in this seductive collection is a memoir about growing up in the 1950s and '60s in the small town of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, the setting for many of Tóibín's novels and stories, including \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn, The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackwater Lightship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e. Tóibín describes his education by priests, several of whom were condemned years later for abuse. He writes about Irish history and literature, and about the long, tragic journey toward legal and social acceptance of homosexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Part Two, Tóibín profiles three complex and vexing popes--John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. And in Part Three, he writes about a trio of authors who reckon with religion in their fiction. The final essay, \"Alone in Venice,\" is a gorgeous account of Toibin's journey, at the height of the pandemic, to the beloved city where he has set some of his most dazzling scenes. The streets, canals, churches and museums were empty. He had them to himself, an experience both haunting and exhilarating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guest at the Feast\u003c\/i\u003e is both an intimate encounter with a supremely creative artist and a glorious celebration of writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PART ONE\u003cbr\u003e Cancer: My Part in Its Downfall\u003cbr\u003e A Guest at the Feast\u003cbr\u003e A Brush with the Law \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PART TWO\u003cbr\u003e The Paradoxical Pope\u003cbr\u003e Among the Flutterers\u003cbr\u003e The Bergoglio Smile: Pope Francis\u003cbr\u003e The Ferns Report \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PART THREE\u003cbr\u003e Putting Religion in Its Place: Marilynne Robinson\u003cbr\u003e Issues of Truth and Invention: Francis Stuart\u003cbr\u003e Snail Slow: John McGahern \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e EPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003e Alone in Venice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.65h x 5.82w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476785202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 101","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952523575524,"sku":"9781476785202","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781476785202.jpg?v=1719489728"},{"product_id":"the-magician-a-novel-paperback-toibin-colm-paperback","title":"The Magician -- Colm Toibin, Paperback","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476785097","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952632234212,"sku":"9781476785097","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781476785097.jpg?v=1777404235"},{"product_id":"brooklyn-colm-toibin-paperback-1","title":"Brooklyn -- Colm Toibin, Paperback","description":"Colm Tóibín'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 in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future. Author \"Colm Tóibín...is his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power\" (Los Angeles Times). \"Written with mesmerizing power and skill\" (The Boston Globe), Brooklyn is a \"triumph...One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations\" (USA TODAY).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439148952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2010 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Nora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45364357333220,"sku":"9781439148952","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781439148952.jpg?v=1719826898"},{"product_id":"the-blackwater-lightship-colm-toibin-paperback","title":"The Blackwater Lightship -- Colm Toibin, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Master \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm Tóibín weaves together the lives of three generations of estranged women as they reunite to witness and mourn the death of a brother, a son, and a grandson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora, have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.​ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwater Lightship\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply resonant story about three generations of an estranged family reuniting to mourn an untimely death. In spare, luminous prose, Colm Tóibín explores the nature of love and the complex emotions inside a family at war with itself. Hailed as a genuine work of art \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune), \u003c\/i\u003e this is a novel about the capacity of stories to heal the deepest wounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743203319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2001 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2001 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Nora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45746814681316,"sku":"9780743203319","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780743203319.jpg?v=1777661487"},{"product_id":"a-long-winter-colm-toibin-hardcover","title":"A Long Winter -- Colm Toibin, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tóibín's finest short stories and \"the most striking example of Tóibin's emotional control\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"A Long Winter,\" is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain--includes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his military service. His younger brother, Jordi, will be departing for his service a week after Miquel's arrival. He will be gone for two years. Miquel notices their mother's increasingly erratic behavior and understands that she is drinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she becomes increasingly unstable, her husband resorts to drastic measures. Unable to abide his betrayal and her own grief, she walks off into the mountains. A blizzard sets in and the search for her is futile. No one will find her until the spring thaw arrives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous story of loss, grief, and longing, \"A Long Winter\" describes an extraordinary bond between a mother and son and a haunting portrait of a family in crisis. 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