Brooklyn

Informationen zum Autor Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin. Klappentext Colm T¿ib¿/b> was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, has won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. His most recent novel is House of Names . He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Colm Toibin, Colm Toíbín, Colm Tóibín
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.2010
• EAN: 9780141041742
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104174-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, Brooklyn, FICTION / Romance / General, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, Wexford, Ireland, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1950 to c 1959, Modern and contemporary fiction, C 1945 To C 1960