| Author: |
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Colm Tóibín
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The Empty Family: Stories |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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224 |
| Date: |
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2011-06-30 |
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0141041773 |
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Penguin |
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0.31 pounds |
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5.2 x 0.0 x 7.8 inches |
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| Previous givers: |
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3 Linda Waldron (United Kingdom), chris (Japan), graham dann (Australia) |
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3 Lorna (United Kingdom), graham dann (Australia), teresa (USA: NJ) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
The Empty Family From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin, this title delineates lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals, often willingly, cast adrift from their history. Full description
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chris (Japan) (2013/09/30):
The nine elegiac stories that make up this exquisite collection feature characters united in their solitude, isolated souls reflecting on their lives and wounds. What unites the stories themselves is the sculpted beauty of Mr. Toibin's prose. Loss and longing are the emotional undercurrents, whether that of an adulterous affair, a gay love story in a repressive society, or the pain of a love affair that reached the end of its natural life but keeps up an afterlife unknown even to its protagonists. Ireland is the home that his characters (try to) escape from or are pulled back to, willingly and not. Other stories are voiced like love letters to the anonymous "you".Here is one writer who goes from strength to strength; he seems to just get better with each successive work. While the stories may vary in how satisfying one finds each of the narratives, Toibin's precise ability to catch the ebb and flow of his characters thoughts and emotions remains thrillingly constant. A collection worthy of the author of "The Master" and "Brooklyn".
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http://bookmooch.com/0141041773 |
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