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Colm Toibin's Books
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New Ways to Kill Your MotherFrom novelist and critic Colm Tóibín—a brilliant collection of essays that explore the relationships of writers to their families and...Read More -
The Heather BlazingEamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland’s high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is...Read More
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The Testament of MaryComing in April 2013: A major one-woman Broadway show starring Fiona Shaw, directed by Deborah Warner, and produced by Scott Rudin. Colm...Read More
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The MasterLike Michael Cunningham in The Hours, Colm Tóibín captures the extraordinary mind and heart of a great writer. Beautiful and profoundly...Read More
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Mothers and SonsEach of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate...Read More
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The Story of the NightA daring and deeply moving novel set in Argentina in the time of the Generals--a time when the streets are empty at night, and people have trained...Read More
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Love in a Dark TimeColm Tóibín knows the languages of the outsider, the secret keeper, the gay man or woman. He knows the covert and overt language of...Read More
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The Blackwater LightshipIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is...Read More
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Totally Dublin, April 20, 2013
...La Boutique obscure Georges Perec [Melville House] Subject to a host of new translations and literary studies, the Oulipo is enjoying a spell in the fickle spotlight of current literary trends. Championed by some as the solution to that other thème...
New York Post, April 13, 2013
...Gabriel Byrne, the actor and cultural ambassador, told In My Library two years ago that Colm Tibn was one of our greatest writers, describing his novel Brooklyn, about a young woman who leaves Ireland for America, as the dilemma of everyone whos torn...
seattlepi.com, April 12, 2013
...Shaw, perhaps best known for playing Harry Potter's aunt, portraying the mother of Christ in Irish writer Colm Toibin's world premiere stage adaptation of his novella "The Testament of Mary," at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Photo: Philip Rinaldi...
Guardian.co.uk, April 9, 2013
...Ten novelists in all are left in contention for the prestigious €100,000 prize Titans of international literature Haruki Murakami and Michel Houellebecq are going head-to-head on the shortlist for the €100,000 Impac award. The Japanese and...
Irish Independent, April 9, 2013
...names like Michel Houellebecq and Andrew Miller (both previous winners) also on the shortlist. Only two Irish writers, Colm Toibin and Colum McCann, have previously taken the award, which was launched in 1996. This year's shortlist was chosen from...
Irish Examiner, April 8, 2013
...in June. He or she will join a roll of honour that includes David Malouf, Nicola Barker and Colm Toibin; the last winner was Jon McGregor, who was awarded the IMPAC in 2012 for Even the Dogs...
Irish Times, April 8, 2013
...Kevin Barry: "A prize with money attached to it has a lot of prestige." Photograph: Bryan O’Brien The Irish author Kevin Barry has been shortlisted for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. The shortlist of 10 writers for the €100,000 prize...
Newsday, January 18, 2013
...by HELLER MCALPIN. Washington Post Book World THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB, by Will Schwalbe. Alfred A. Knopf, 336 pp., $25. Will Schwalbe's beautiful, affecting "The End of Your Life Book Club" is both a paean to the physical and emotional aspects...
Wexford Echo, January 16, 2013
...Broadway debut for Colm Tóibín A PLAY by Enniscorthy author Colm Tóibín, based on his 2012 novella about the life of Mary in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, is set to debut on Broadway this Spring. Harry Potter actress Fiona Shaw will star in...
Wexford Echo, January 16, 2013
...Broadway debut for Colm Tóibín A PLAY by Enniscorthy author Colm Tóibín, based on his 2012 novella about the life of Mary in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, is set to debut on Broadway this Spring. Harry Potter actress Fiona Shaw will star in...
New York Daily News, January 14, 2013
...The second half of Broadway's 2012-13 season, already in progress, got a whole lot more interesting last week. On Monday, word came that the delectable Bette Midler will star as Tinseltown superagent Sue Mengers in a solo drama. A day later, news broke...
The Wrap, January 14, 2013
...Tweet "Big Fish," the musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and Tim Burton's 2003 film, will open on Broadway Oct. 6 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Staged by Tony Award-winning director Susan Stroman ("The Producers"), the musical features a book...
Booktv, January 14, 2013
...Rosalind Brackenbury; Pico Iyer; Julie Salamon; Colm Toibin About the Program From the 31st annual Key West Literary Seminar in Key West, Florida, a panel entitled, "How Far Can the Facts Take Us?," featuring authors Pico...
Philly.com, January 14, 2013
...The Testament of Mary Scribner. 96 pp. $19.99. Reviewed by Helen W. Mallon After the silent night came a cataclysm. Colm Tóibín's novella The Testament of Mary highlights the microscopic, personal aspect of Christianity's earthshaking...
