Mothers and Sons - format ePub

From Colm Tóibín comes New Ways to Kill Your Mother, a fabulously entertaining book about writers and their families.In this wonderfully entertaining and enlightening collection, Colm Tóibín not only...

'I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey...

A Guest at the Feast is Colm Tóibín's touching memoir. A Guest at the Feast moves from the small town of Enniscorthy to Dublin, from memories of a mother who always had a book on the go to the author's...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel...

'Beautiful . . . a thriller, a love story and much more' Roddy Doyle'A remarkable achievement . . . [a] sheer pleasure to read' The Sunday TimesRichard Garay lives alone with his mother in Buenos Aires,...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'A triumph' – The Observer'A masterly achievement' – The IndependentIn January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London....

With an introduction by Roy FosterA classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the...

Colm Tóibín's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe’s greatest cities – a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city’s founding and...

Between 1990 and 1994, Colm Tóibín made a series of trips through Catholic Europe. His journey led him into close contact with people from all walks of life, from priests to politicians, from the intellectually...

Erste Liebe, zweite Chancen: Ein Mann und eine Frau treffen sich nach fast zwanzig Jahren wieder - und stehen noch einmal vor der Entscheidung ihres Lebens. Eilis lebt in Long Island mit ihren Kindern...

Ein Aufbruch ins Unbekannte: Die junge Irin Eilis Lacey wandert um 1950 nach Amerika aus, um in Brooklyn eine neue Arbeit zu finden. Doch sie passt sich nur langsam an das neue Leben an, schließt nicht...

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless,...

Long Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever.A Book of the...

'It is impossible to read Tóibín without being moved, touched and finally changed' – Independent on SundayColm Tóibín’s The Heather Blazing details the life of Eamon Redmond, a judge in Ireland’s high...

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Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l'entremise d'un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à...

Une existence hors du commun adossée à une histoire familiale extraordinaire, une œuvre littéraire majeure couronnée par le Prix Nobel, et la traversée de toutes les tragédies politiques de la première...

Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l’entremise d’un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à...

Prix spécial du jury Femina pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.Une inoubliable passion amoureuse, après le chef-d’œuvre du Magicien, par un des maîtres de la fiction contemporaine.Tout bascule lorsqu’un inconnu...

Mon fils s'était laissé capturer. Au cours des heures que j'ai passées dans cette maison avec ses disciples, j'ai bien vu que, pour eux, c'était dans l'ordre des choses. Son arrestation faisait partie...

Une œuvre couronnée par le prix Nobel de littérature, une vie familiale mouvementée et souvent dramatique, et la traversée de toutes les tragédies politiques de la première moitié du siècle – voilà comment...

Irlande, fin des années 1960. Nora, qui élève seule ses quatre enfants depuis la mort de son mari, tente de refaire sa vie sous l'oeil critique des habitants de la petite ville où elle vit depuis toujours....

Après le sacrifice de sa fille, une mère fomente la mise à mort de l'assassin. Enragée, elle crie sa joie de venger son enfant. Puis son fils est enlevé et passe des années en exil où, dans un douloureux...

" Voilà Tóibín en parfait contrôle de son art. "The Sunday TelegraphSans doute parce qu'ils étaient différents, trop sensuels et rebelles à l'hypocrisie, les protagonistes de ces neuf nouvelles ont quitté...

Au début des années 1900, au coeur de l'été londonien, le destin d'Amerigo, prince italien désargenté, vient d'être scellé. Il a épousé Maggie Verver, la fille d'un riche collectionneur et homme d'affaires...

A devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Discover Brooklyn before reading its eagerly anticipated follow-up, Long Island.It is Ireland in the...

Follow Colm Tóibín's lone religious pilgrimage along the Irish border during the tumultuous summer of 1987.In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm...

* * * Shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Novel Awards and the 2015 Folio Prize * * * Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today.It is the late 1960s in Ireland....

In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Tóibín looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His subjects range from figures such as Oscar...

A collection of nine stories, Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships.Psychologically intricate...

Six years ago, Luo An's life was turned upside down by the people she trusted the most. Betrayed by her half-sister and drugged at a bar, she was handed over to strangers, stripped of her agency, and...

Unwillens, sich selbst einzugestehen, dass er möglicherweise einer Gemahlin bedürfe, verweilt Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, während eines Besuches bei seinem geschätzten Freunde Mr. Charles Bingley zu Netherfield...

Long ago, before the world was filled with screens and machines, stories were the threads that wove communities together. These stories were carried in words—carefully chosen, spoken with meaning, and...

Klaria avoided town. It was too close to the ocean. She couldn't control herself near the sea, the urge to take to the waves too strong. She'd already scared herself once by nearly drowning. It turned...

Il est milliardaire et concepteur de jeux vidéo. Elle est la showgirl de Las Vegas. À l'approche de la réunion des dix ans de leur lycée, peut-il lui prouver qu'ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre. Cette...

He burns for his fated mate.EmersonI just moved to Twisted Oak and sunk all of my money into a small house here on the outskirts of town.This move is meant to be my fresh start and so far, things are...

Childhood exists in a country all its own—a place we've all inhabited but can never fully return to. It's a landscape of firsts: first friendships, first heartbreaks, first discoveries of the world's...

Seventeen-year-old boy left home one night with a simple purpose—to fetch medicine for his ailing father. But by morning, a crowd had gathered outside his home. Neighbors were grieving. His mother was...

Young Aussie tradie and passionate surfer Lachlan Wade didn't plan on taking off for a few days, but after waking up naked in the bed of his best mate Johnno, Lachie panics, packs up his surfboard and...

Equality is a human right, not a privilege, as young servant Jasper and stable boy Myles are about to discover while fighting for their love for each other and taking their place in history.On the night...

In Aunt Bea's private boudoir above the Barnyard Bar, there's more than sequins and sparkles awaiting Bea's secret lover. For when he arrives, Bea's gentleman caller knows exactly what he's in for:A ball...

It tells a profound love story, depicting the good times of Xiao Yu and Lin Qiming from meeting, falling in love to marriage. However, fate ruthlessly diagnosed Lin Qiming with a terminal illness at a...

Dex Darby's idea of the perfect Valentine's Day is to avoid it altogether with a trip to the video store and an armful of junk food to enjoy alone—until he finds himself in the middle of an armed robbery...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

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Speaking in Poetic Tongues... the Vedas of Aleph Null is the work of writer and musician  who has followed a complex path in life, experiencing and exploring. Part memoir and part fiction, this work is...

Janitors for a secret SCP site, Laura, Danielle, Karson, Jake, and Leo, stumble upon a case file in one of the trash cans. It seemed to have been placed their by mistake. Taking matters into their own...

Beyond the Veil is a sci-fi/fantasy story following Elias and Sienna, two travelers searching for the "real world" across shifting dimensions. Each door they pass through takes them to strange, fragmented...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

In a futuristic world, Memory Devices allow users to visit their past once again in striking detail. Leyla delves into her deepest memories to remember her late mother.But only one visit remains.And in...

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Two fictional stories featuring Taylor Swift as the female hero. In the first book Taylor buys a mirror that allows her to enter a parallel universe. In the second story Taylor's mother is kidnapped by...

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A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

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