Long Island [electronic resource]
Tóibín, Colm2024
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Long Island is Colm Tóibín's masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. A Book of the Year in The Times, Irish Times, The Guardian, New Statesman, The Independent, The Observer, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times. The love story of the century A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future. And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home and the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path? 'Riveting' Elizabeth Strout 'Masterful' Douglas Stuart 'Wonderful' Oprah Winfrey 'Entrancing' The Economist 'Magnificent' The Times 'Exquisite' New York Times 'Gorgeous' The Independent 'Dazzling' The Financial Times 'A masterclass' The Guardian *Long Island was an instant Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27/5/24
Main title:
Long Island [electronic resource] / Colm Tóibín
Author:
Tóibín, Colm, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Eilis Lacey
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
ISBN:
9781035029471
Language:
English
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BRN:
2784517
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