Auteur: Colm Tóibín
Versie: Engels
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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.
'Socially fascinating, suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted and written with a subtlety that packs powerful effects into simple-seeming prose, this is a novel of magnificent accomplishment.' - The Sunday Times
'Elegant and controlled, Colm T¾ibÝn's Brooklyn, the tale of Eilis, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to America in the 1950s, is the book that broke my heart this year.' - Observer
'It stood out for its ability to use surface simplicity to mask (for a time) vast depths of emotional and psychological complexity'. - Guardian
About the author
Colm T¾ibÝn is an Irish writer and journalist, and the author of four novels, including The Heather Blazing and The Blackwater Lightship. He lives in Dublin.
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.
'Socially fascinating, suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted and written with a subtlety that packs powerful effects into simple-seeming prose, this is a novel of magnificent accomplishment.' - The Sunday Times
'Elegant and controlled, Colm T¾ibÝn's Brooklyn, the tale of Eilis, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to America in the 1950s, is the book that broke my heart this year.' - Observer
'It stood out for its ability to use surface simplicity to mask (for a time) vast depths of emotional and psychological complexity'. - Guardian
About the author
Colm T¾ibÝn is an Irish writer and journalist, and the author of four novels, including The Heather Blazing and The Blackwater Lightship. He lives in Dublin.
| Titel | Brooklyn |
| Auteur | Colm Tóibín |
| Druk/editie | 1 (1 januari 2010) |
| ISBN 10 | 0141047763 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141047768 |
| Uitgever | Central Book House |
| Taal | Engels |
| Genre | Literatuur overig |
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25-6-2010 - Castletroy
- 'Brooklyn' gaat over een meisje dat weinig perspectief heeft in Ierland en daarom zoals zo veel jonge mensen in die tijd, vertrekt naar New York. Eenmaal daar aangekomen begeleidt een priester haar en helpt haar aan een kamer en een baan in een groot warenhuis. Het verhaal gaat over vertrek en he... lees meer
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