Brooklyn a novel
"It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn to a crowded boarding house. Slow...
| Main Author: | Tóibín, Colm, 1955- |
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| Other Authors: | Potter, Kirsten. |
| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Ashland, Or.] :
Blackstone Audio, Inc.,
2009.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here |
| Summary: |
"It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn to a crowded boarding house. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life--until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: |
Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 7:37:34. |
| Playing Time: |
07:37:34 |
| Format: |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 109610 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: |
9781433291937 1433291932 |
| Author Notes: |
In 1978 he returned to Dublin and began working on an M.A. in Modern English and American Literature. He wrote for In Dublin, Hibernia, and The Sunday Tribune. He became the Features Editor of In Dublin in 1981, and then a year later accepted the position of Editor for the Irish current affairs magazine Magill. His first book, Walking Along the Border, was published in 1987 and his first novel, The South, was published in 1990. He wrote for The Sunday Independent as a drama or television critic and political commentator. He writes regularly for The London Review of Books. He has written several other novels including The Story of the Night, The Blackwater Lightship, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary, and Nora Webster. The Heather Blazing received the 1993 Encore Award and The Master received the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. He was short listed for the 2015 Folio Prize for his title Nora Webster. (Bowker Author Biography) |