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Book Description
From the internationally celebrated author of The Master, winner of the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Mothers and Sons is a deeply penetrating and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Each of the nine stContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Strangers in the Family
Colm Toibin’s first book of stories begins with a man on an upper balcony, looking out on a city that is a “great emptiness.” The image is a haunting one, if only because Toibin’s last, much acclaimed novel, “The Master,” was preoccupied with a man w ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780771085314 | Hardcover | $55.01 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Keeping mum
Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibín 311pp, Picador, £12.99 The uneven but often moving new collection by the Irish novelist Colm Tóibín is less cosy than its title suggests. In three longer stories and six brief ones, there is strong sentiment, yes, but ... (read full critics)