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At the Jerusalem by Paul Bailey; Colm Tóibín (Introduction by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'A very funny book, but never jeering, full of pity, but unsentimentally harsh with the tragedy of old age which institutional kindness cannot cushion' Financial Times. Following the death from leukaemia of her daughter, Celia, Mrs Gadny goes to live with her sullen stepson Henry. But she finds little a ...Show more
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, ...Show more
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teen ...Show more
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín [Toibin]
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Collection
Set in Ireland in the 1990s, Colm Toibin's The Blackwater Lightship tells the story of the Devereux family. Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen have come together after years of strife and reached an uneasy truce. Helen's adored brother Declan is dying. Two friends join him and ...Show more
The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín [Toibin]
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Collection
Colm Tóibín's The Heather Blazing details the life of Eamon Redmond, a judge in Ireland's high court, a man remote from his wife, his son and daughter and, at least outwardly, his own childhood.The life he has built for himself, between his work in Dublin and his family's retreat by the sea at Cush, is ...Show more
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
'As with everything Colm Tóibín sets his masterful hand to, <i>The Magician</i> is a great imaginative achievement - immensely readable, erudite, worldly and knowing, and fully realized.' - Richard Ford When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, ...Show more
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literature
When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, is fired up with patriotism. He imagines the Germany of great literature and music, which had drawn him away from the stifling, conservative town of his childhood, might be a source of pride once again. But his fla ...Show more
The Master by Colm Tóibín [Toibin]
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Collection
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost. In The Master Colm Toibin captures ...Show more
The South by Colm Tóibín [Toibin]
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Collection
A classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning tale is an exploration of love, art and identity. This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home.Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland ...Show more
The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín [Toibin]
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Picador Collection
Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those around him. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take considerable risks.Set in Argentina in a time of great change, The Story of the Night is a powerful and moving novel about a man who, as the ...Show more
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
$19.98 AUD
Category: Fiction
In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel -- her keepers, who provide her with food and shelter and visit her regularly. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death wa ...Show more
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