Brooklyn: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 5 may 2009 - 272 páginas Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel—also an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture—is “a moving, deeply satisfying read” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. “One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future. Author “Colm Tóibín…is his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times). “Written with mesmerizing power and skill” (The Boston Globe), Brooklyn is a “triumph…One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). |
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... Nancy Byrne to find that their friend Annette O'Brien was also there. The Byrnes had only one room downstairs, which served as a kitchen, dining room and sitting room, and it was clear that Nancy had news of some sort to impart, some of ...
... Nancy Byrne to find that their friend Annette O'Brien was also there. The Byrnes had only one room downstairs, which served as a kitchen, dining room and sitting room, and it was clear that Nancy had news of some sort to impart, some of ...
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... Nancy said. “I told her I'd take it. It won't do any harm. It means I might be able to go to the Athenaeum with you using my own money and prevent you being taken advantage of.” “It wasn't like that,” Nancy said. “He was nice.” “Are you ...
... Nancy said. “I told her I'd take it. It won't do any harm. It means I might be able to go to the Athenaeum with you using my own money and prevent you being taken advantage of.” “It wasn't like that,” Nancy said. “He was nice.” “Are you ...
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... Nancy and Annette were going to the pictures, so that she would be fresh for work at Miss Kelly's on her first Sunday. Only once, years before, had Eilis been to seven o'clock mass and that was on a Christmas morning when her father was ...
... Nancy and Annette were going to the pictures, so that she would be fresh for work at Miss Kelly's on her first Sunday. Only once, years before, had Eilis been to seven o'clock mass and that was on a Christmas morning when her father was ...
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... , stopping only when someone called for Rose to take her to play golf, leaving Eilis and her mother to clear the table and wash the dishes. That evening Eilis called at Nancy Byrne's at nine, aware. * * * 16 Colm Tóibín.
... , stopping only when someone called for Rose to take her to play golf, leaving Eilis and her mother to clear the table and wash the dishes. That evening Eilis called at Nancy Byrne's at nine, aware. * * * 16 Colm Tóibín.
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... Nancy danced more than one dance with George Sheridan then she was going home on her own. She was glad that Rose had not seen her before she left, as she would have made her do something more with her hair and put on some make-up and ...
... Nancy danced more than one dance with George Sheridan then she was going home on her own. She was glad that Rose had not seen her before she left, as she would have made her do something more with her hair and put on some make-up and ...
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