![]() Tóibín demonstrates once again his astonishing range and that he is a true master of nuanced prose, emotional depth, and narrative virtuosity. In the quiet character of Eilis Lacey, Colm Tóibín has created one of fictions most memorable heroines and in Brooklyn, a luminous novel of devastating power. Buy Brooklyn Media tie-in by Tóibín, Colm (ISBN: 9780241972700) from Amazons Book Store. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. ![]() ![]() The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy, not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn. Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. ![]() Slowly, however, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landladys intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. ![]() Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. ![]()
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