{"product_id":"brooklyn-colm-toibin-9780241983782","title":"Brooklyn (Colm Tóibín)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eColm Toibin's \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn \u003c\/i\u003eis a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time' Zoë Heller \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life' Ali Smith \u003ci\u003eTLS, Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNora Webster \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Names. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66094660485469,"sku":"K068719532","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6871953200001A.jpg?v=1790842111","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/brooklyn-colm-toibin-9780241983782","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}