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 and reach out for a new life....

From the multiple award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating look at Irish culture, history, and literature through the lives of the fathers of three of Ireland's greatest writers?Oscar Wilde's father, William...

In NORA WEBSTER we see a family remade, a woman who, consumed by grief, is at times resilient, at times distant - who is unmoored yet who will be ultimately redefined by her love and her loss. von Tóibín, Colm

"The Blackwater Lightship" ist eine tiefgreifende Familiengeschichte, die in Irland spielt. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Helen, einer verheirateten Lehrerin und Mutter von zwei Kindern, die ihre entfremdete Mutter und Großmutter...

A daring and deeply moving novel set in Argentina in the time of the Generals--a time when the streets are empty at night, and people have trained themselves not to see. Richard Garay lives with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her...

"New Writing 11" ist eine Anthologie, die von Colm Tóibín und A. L. Kennedy herausgegeben wurde. Diese Sammlung präsentiert eine vielfältige Auswahl an zeitgenössischen literarischen Werken, darunter Kurzgeschichten, Essays und Gedichte...

The men and women in the salons of literary Paris moved like players in a game of knowing and not knowing, pretence and disguise. He had learned everything from them. In January 1895, Henry James staged his first play in London. But the...

Es tut mir leid, ich kann keine spezifische Inhaltsangabe zu "Long Island: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller (Eilis Lacey, 2)" von Colm Tóibín liefern, da es scheint, dass dieses Buch nicht existiert. Es könnte sich um ein...

Mit großem Einfühlungsvermögen schildert Colm Toibin das Leben von Henry James: Enttäuscht vom mittelmäßigen Erfolg seiner Romane wendet er sich der Bühne zu. Ein Theaterskandal in London ist die Folge. Henry James verlässt England, geht...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEFrom one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family.The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann,...

Mütter und Söhne von Tóibín, Colm

Colm Tóibín's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities - a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city's founding and its huge expansion in the...