Long Island - The long-awaited sequel to Brooklyn
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| Verlag | Macmillan Publishers International |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 304 |
| Format | 15,2 x 2,0 x 23,5 cm |
| Trade Paperback | |
| Gewicht | 380 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781035029457 |
| Bestell-Nr | 03502945UA |
A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2024, the sequel to the beloved bestseller, Brooklyn
Klappentext:
'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best' - The Times
'A masterful novel full of longing and regret . . . Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' - Douglas Stuart, author Shuggie Bain
Long Island is Colm Tóibín's masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. The sequel to Colm Tóibín's prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.
A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future.
And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home a nd the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?
Rezension:
You don't have to have read Brooklyn to enjoy the many pleasures of Long Island. It is a masterful novel full of longing and regret. A tale of lovers reconnecting, of compromise, and the settling that can come later in life. Intensely moving and yet full of restraint, I was sad to turn the final page Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
