The News from Dublin

An incisive and beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island . A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman is living an anonymous existence in Barcelona, under the shadows of crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia. In the luminous stories that make up The News from Dublin Colm Toibin delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves. ''Toibin is the consummate cartographer of the private self, summoning with restrained acuity (and a delicious streak of sly humour) the thoughts his characters struggle to find words for'' - Clare Clark, Guardian

About the author

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and its sequel Long Island, and The Magician, and three 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.

Product details

• Authors: Colm Toibín, Colm Tóibín
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.03.2026
• EAN: 9781035030743
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3503074-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); San Francisco, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Historical fiction, Galway, Short Stories, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), Relating to gay people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Barcelona (City), FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, FICTION / Immigration