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Die Geschichte Marias, wie sie die Bibel nicht erzählt: Lange Jahre, nachdem Christus am Kreuz gestorben ist, will die Mutter Jesu von der Heiligkeit ihres Sohnes noch immer nichts wissen. Seinen Wundern gegenüber ist sie skeptisch und den Schmerz über seinen Verlust hat sie nie überwunden. Dann erzählt sie ihre eigene Version von der Passion Christi - von ihrer ganz persönlichen Trauer, ihrer fehlenden Frömmigkeit und ihrem Eigensinn. Es ist ...

In NORA WEBSTER we see a family remade, a woman who, consumed by grief, is at times resilient, at times distant - who is unmoored yet who will be ultimately redefined by her love and her loss.

2014 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year, Literary Fiction, and Solo Narration—Female!"Tóibín is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work" (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity—shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives ...

Encuadernación: Rústica Colección: NarrativaLas familias felices definitivamente no existen.En este extraordinario libro de ensayos que en realidad son cuentos o posibles novelas, Colm Tóibín, uno de los mejores escritores de nuestros días, aborda la siempre problemática y jugosa relación de los escritores con sus familias. Con una asombrosa perspicacia psicológica, con fino sentido del humor, lucidez crítica y contagioso fervor, el autor reco...

Colm T¿ib¿/b> was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, has won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. His most recent novel is House of Names. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.

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As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, this sold over 36, 000 copies in its first edition alone, and was a number one bestseller in Ireland for 5 weeks. In the early 1950s, Ellis Lacey leaves Ireland for a new life in New York, leaving her family for the first time. Settling into her new life, she receives devastating news that takes her back to Ireland, where she faces a terrible dilemma.

Colm Tóibín's "lovely, understated" novel that "proceeds with stately grace" (The Washington Post Book World) about an uncompromising judge whose principles, when brought home to his own family, are tragic.Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland's high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings. With effortless fluency, Colm Tóibín reconstructs the history of Eamon's...

Fünf Menschen versammeln sich um das Bett eines Sterbenden, und in langen Gesprächen kommen geheimgehaltene Dinge zur Sprache. »Ein ganz und gar nicht hoffnungsloses Familiendrama.« Rheinischer MerkurEine junge Frau aus Dublin hat gerade ihren Mann mitsamt den beiden kleinen Söhnen in die Ferien verabschiedet und versucht sich an das Alleinsein zu gewöhnen. Da erfährt sie, daß ihr jüngerer Bruder Declan sehr krank ist und sie sehen möchte. Hel...

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Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity.In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel—her keepers, who provid...

From one of contemporary literature's bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a "luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—"heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin).Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín's magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply movi...

A fictionalized study based on many biographical materials and family accounts of Henry James's life, this volume ranges seamlessly from his memories of his prominent Brahmin family in the States to his settling in England. Along the way it offers hints of James's troubled sexual identity.

Tóibín is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work” (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity—shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of...

From one of contemporary literature's bestselling, critically acclaimed and beloved authors, the magnificent, instant New York Times bestselling novel set in Ireland, about a fiercely compelling young widow and mother of four, navigating grief and fear, struggling for hope.Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín's superb seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not...

Novelist and critic Colm Tóibín provides "a fascinating exploration of writers and their families” (Entertainment Weekly) and "an excellent guide through the dark terrain of unconscious desires” (The Evening Standard) in this brilliant collection of essays that explore the relationships of writers to their families and their work.Colm Tóibín—celebrated both for his award-winning fiction and his provocative book reviews and essays—traces the in...

A collection of short stories from the Irish author, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize with his novel "The Master". 'Moving... beautifully captured moments of longing and loss... Toibin is a subtle, intelligent and deeply felt writer' "Guardian

The award-winning author of "The Master" returns with this psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive collection of stories that tease out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons.

Colm Toibin schildert Henry James in seinen mittleren JahrenEnttäuscht vom mittelmäßigen Erfolg seiner Romane, begibt sich der wohl bedeutendste angloamerikanische Schriftsteller der letzten Jahrhundertwende auf Reisen und lebt in Rom, Venedig und Paris. Ein ebenso tiefgründiges wie originelles Buch über die Einsamkeit und Sehnsucht eines Mannes. Toibin ist in das Leben des »Meisters« förmlich hineingekrochen, hat das Verschwiegene des Lebens ...