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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Página 5
... expression on her face difficult to read. “And we are worked off our feet every Sunday here. Sure, there's nothing else open. And we get all sorts, good, bad and indifferent. And, as a rule, I open after seven mass, 5 Brooklyn.
... expression on her face difficult to read. “And we are worked off our feet every Sunday here. Sure, there's nothing else open. And we get all sorts, good, bad and indifferent. And, as a rule, I open after seven mass, 5 Brooklyn.
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... there. The Byrnes had only one room downstairs, which served as a kitchen, dining room and sitting room, and it was ... there's something, but I'm not telling her.” They walked down Friary Hill and across the Mill Park Road to the river ...
... there. The Byrnes had only one room downstairs, which served as a kitchen, dining room and sitting room, and it was ... there's something, but I'm not telling her.” They walked down Friary Hill and across the Mill Park Road to the river ...
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... there had been anyone else there, I mean anyone of his sort, he would have danced with her, but there wasn't. He was with Jim Farrell, who just stood there ... There's a one for rashers.” * * * Over the next two days Miss Kelly 8 Colm Tóibín.
... there had been anyone else there, I mean anyone of his sort, he would have danced with her, but there wasn't. He was with Jim Farrell, who just stood there ... There's a one for rashers.” * * * Over the next two days Miss Kelly 8 Colm Tóibín.
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... there were even those who would look for golden syrup or baking soda or flour, but most of these items were sold on a Saturday. There were always children, Miss Kelly said, looking for bars of chocolate or toffee or bags of sherbet or ...
... there were even those who would look for golden syrup or baking soda or flour, but most of these items were sold on a Saturday. There were always children, Miss Kelly said, looking for bars of chocolate or toffee or bags of sherbet or ...
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... there were customers whom she greeted warmly and by name; many of these had accounts with her and thus no cash changed hands, but amounts were noted in a ledger ... there's no use in complaining, is there? Sure, don't we need 10 Colm Tóibín.
... there were customers whom she greeted warmly and by name; many of these had accounts with her and thus no cash changed hands, but amounts were noted in a ledger ... there's no use in complaining, is there? Sure, don't we need 10 Colm Tóibín.
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