It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far from home - and homesick. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
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“Tóibín’s genius is that he makes it impossible for us to walk away.”
— The New Yorker
"Brooklyn is Colm Tóibín's most beautifully executed novel to date.... Reading Tóibín is like watching an artist paint one small stroke after another until suddenly the finished picture emerges to shattering effect."
— Times Literary Supplement
"Disarmingly effective and affecting."
— National Post
"A small masterpiece"
— The Guardian
"Tóibín is himself a master — like his countryman William Trevor — of a kind of deep gentleness, even as the darkness falls on his characters.... Here is a writer who quietly watches and reports, shocked at nothing, missing nothing."
— Globe and Mail -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
— The New Yorker
"Brooklyn is Colm Tóibín's most beautifully executed novel to date.... Reading Tóibín is like watching an artist paint one small stroke after another until suddenly the finished picture emerges to shattering effect."
— Times Literary Supplement
"Disarmingly effective and affecting."
— National Post
"A small masterpiece"
— The Guardian
"Tóibín is himself a master — like his countryman William Trevor — of a kind of deep gentleness, even as the darkness falls on his characters.... Here is a writer who quietly watches and reports, shocked at nothing, missing nothing."
— Globe and Mail -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
Synopsis
"Mothers and Sons": 'Formidable power and emotional range' - "Observer". 'Exquisitely crafted and profoundly moving' - "Independent". "The Master" - Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004. 'Unerring poignancy' - "Guardian". 'A taut, well-crafted, mesmerising novel. A masterly achievement' - "Independent". "The Blackwater Lightship" - Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1999. 'Rises to heights of extraordinary beauty' - "Independent on Sunday". 'It is in his emotional choreography that Toibin shows himself to be an exceptional writer' - "Sunday Telegraph".
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Von P. A. Doornbos
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This book has perhaps been written with female readers in mind, rather than men. The author is male and a great writer, because what he has done is full of risks and pitfalls: To portray an unemployed Irish girl with a head for figures, her father deceased four years earlier, her three brothers having moved to Birmingham, UK, because there is no work in SE Ireland in the early 1950s. The thoughts, conventions, fears of what neighbours will think, 1950s brand names and business practices, are impeccably portrayed.
She lives with her mother and beautiful, elder sister in a state of respectable poverty, when she, Eilis Lacey(EL), is offered the chance of a lifetime by a visiting Irish priest: To work in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, in a department store specialized in women's clothing.
Strict Irish conventions have delayed EL's ability to deal with new situations and, indeed, her own feelings. This becomes clear during her sea voyage to America, at work and the first months in the boardinghouse for single girls of Irish extraction in Brooklyn. Suffering badly from homesickness, the same priest who arranged for her to come to Brooklyn, arranges evening studies for her and involves her in parish Christmas dinners for the poor and invites her to attend fund-raising, Fridaynight dance parties.
Now the book picks up pace. She meets Tony, a very good boy indeed. They plan a life together, but then fate strikes in Ireland, and she has to return. And there she meets Jim again, a much-changed person...
Readers must take over and read and enjoy this great book, and decide, perhaps in book discussion meetings, what prevails, love or responsibility? What about the role of Eilis' mother? And is Eilis a naïve or a bad girl? Highly recommended.
She lives with her mother and beautiful, elder sister in a state of respectable poverty, when she, Eilis Lacey(EL), is offered the chance of a lifetime by a visiting Irish priest: To work in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, in a department store specialized in women's clothing.
Strict Irish conventions have delayed EL's ability to deal with new situations and, indeed, her own feelings. This becomes clear during her sea voyage to America, at work and the first months in the boardinghouse for single girls of Irish extraction in Brooklyn. Suffering badly from homesickness, the same priest who arranged for her to come to Brooklyn, arranges evening studies for her and involves her in parish Christmas dinners for the poor and invites her to attend fund-raising, Fridaynight dance parties.
Now the book picks up pace. She meets Tony, a very good boy indeed. They plan a life together, but then fate strikes in Ireland, and she has to return. And there she meets Jim again, a much-changed person...
Readers must take over and read and enjoy this great book, and decide, perhaps in book discussion meetings, what prevails, love or responsibility? What about the role of Eilis' mother? And is Eilis a naïve or a bad girl? Highly recommended.
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Von Carsten Döhr
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I''d like to thank Mr. Toibin for writing this wonderful book, that I just finished a couple of minutes ago. It contains a magnificent description of life in Ireland and Brooklyn in the 1950s and the contrasts between these both worlds. The third part seems absolutely unforgettable and I wonder, how long these pictures and emotions will rest in my mind. Once again, thank you Mr. Toibin for a great piece of art, a well told, moving and colourful image.
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Von Maximilian
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If I were to describe "Brooklyn" to a friend, what would I say? "Brooklyn" is a love story, but of a somewhat different kind.
So what makes it different? Here are just three reasons why.
- The sentences seem simple, but beneath their simplicity lies a deeper truth which surprised me more than once.
- Eilis Lacey (an Irish girl aged 17, and the main character of the book) is exceptional because she allows love to approach her and takes pleasure in it; yet she takes it very seriosuly.
- The crossing of the ocean which separates the USA from Ireland by boat involves lots of vomiting (we are in the 19th century and travelling 3rd class) ... and is very funny!
The story itself is is of secondary importance, but for completeness' sake, I'll resume it. In the 1850s, an Irish girl aged 17 doesn't find work in her hometown and takes on a job in a department store in Brookly, USA. She succeeds professionally and falls a little bit in love. She returns to Ireland where she falls in love also (more deeply). Will she stay in Ireland or return to Brooklyn USA? Her decision is impossible to predict, at least for me ... so I'm glad Colm Toibin told me.
The book continues to linger on the reader's mind long after he's finished reading.
So what makes it different? Here are just three reasons why.
- The sentences seem simple, but beneath their simplicity lies a deeper truth which surprised me more than once.
- Eilis Lacey (an Irish girl aged 17, and the main character of the book) is exceptional because she allows love to approach her and takes pleasure in it; yet she takes it very seriosuly.
- The crossing of the ocean which separates the USA from Ireland by boat involves lots of vomiting (we are in the 19th century and travelling 3rd class) ... and is very funny!
The story itself is is of secondary importance, but for completeness' sake, I'll resume it. In the 1850s, an Irish girl aged 17 doesn't find work in her hometown and takes on a job in a department store in Brookly, USA. She succeeds professionally and falls a little bit in love. She returns to Ireland where she falls in love also (more deeply). Will she stay in Ireland or return to Brooklyn USA? Her decision is impossible to predict, at least for me ... so I'm glad Colm Toibin told me.
The book continues to linger on the reader's mind long after he's finished reading.
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