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A New Collection From Colm 'Shortlisted for Booker' Tóibínnew
Tóibín is best known for his novels, but while those were propelled by intensities of exploration rooted in their subjects, the author here often seems to be chasing what Yeats once said he looked for at the end of every poem: the click of a well-made box.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
01-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Mum on the Mindnew
Toibin captures exquisite Irish misery in his new collection of shorts.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
Tales by Toibinnew
Quaint title aside, these stories -- Toibin's first collection -- aren't celebrations of Hallmark-card family unity, complete with bucolic Irish settings.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
02-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
