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Brooklyn Paperback – 1 February 2010

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Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter.

Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, Father Flood. Via a church contact, he arranges for Eilis to travel to America where a job opportunity has arisen in New York with a reputable "merchant of Italian origin".

Eilis finds lodgings in an eccentric boarding house and ekes out an existence in the cosmopolitan melting pot that is 1950s Brooklyn, impressing her employer, outwitting her landlady, and even falling in love. It seems her dream is truly becoming a reality.

But then fate intervenes: a family crisis back home forces Eilis to make a choice between the past and the future, the old world and the new.

Told with a masterful and elegant simplicity, Brooklyn is a sublime Trans-Atlantic coming-of-age story by one of the UK's greatest living writers.

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  6. ISBN-10
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Colm Toibin was born in Ireland in 1955 and currently lives in Dublin. He is the author of five previous novels, collections of short stories and many works of non-fiction. He has twice been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for The Blackwater Lightship (1999) and The Master (2004), while The Master won The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2006).

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Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of ten previous novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín is the current Laureate for Irish fiction.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador Australia (1 February 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0330425617
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330425612
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.3 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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Colm Toibin is the author of ten novels, including The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary, and Nora Webster, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the laureate for Irish fiction for 2022-2025 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Toibin lives in Dublin and New York.

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LouLosing
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely characters, goes slow with an interesting ending
Reviewed in Australia on 20 February 2016
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This book seemed to drag, but is insightful and subtle. The main character is beautifully crafted and her interactions with the other characters are interesting. While she seems to go along with things, she doesn't suffer fools. The ending is not what I thought, but probably more realistic.
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Josie
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving even if you have already seen the movie
Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2020
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This story was tender, sad and beautiful. I devoured it quickly. As the story concludes you are left to ponder which I find unsatisfying. However, I enjoyed this book and the way the author described the characters and the scenery.
I watched the movie first and then bought the book. I would love to have done the opposite. Reading the book gave added insight which I hadn't understood in the movie. I wanted the book to give more in the ending but the movie actually goes slightly further than the book does.
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Thelma Allen
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in Australia on 5 May 2016
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I enjoyed this book , I felt it portrayed the hero's life's choices at time of economic struggle in Ireland and portrayed why the promise of a life in the new country was so desirable .
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Karen lyall
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading
Reviewed in Australia on 22 June 2017
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I really dont like these types of endings . The book was on a whole well written and I enjoyed it emensley.
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Robin Lyons
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book
Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2016
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I knew the ending because I'd already seen the movie.I hadn't actually intended to read the book after enjoying the movie so much. But I'm glad that my book club chose it because, as a book often does, this gave a bit more insight into feelings, in this case, Eillis's. And I was really keen to find out more about her decision at the end. I think that I did. Very moving.
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Melissa
2.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2016
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I enjoyed reading the book, but I felt like I was waiting for the actual story to begin. The last chapter felt rushed.
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Ashling
3.0 out of 5 stars Brooklyn
Reviewed in Australia on 19 March 2016
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It brought back memories of growing up in Ireland in the 50s!
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Claire Bentley
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
Reviewed in Australia on 7 March 2016
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I was disappointed with this book. I found it a slow read and the ending just seemed to cut the story short.
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Marsha Ronquist
5.0 out of 5 stars young love, new beginnings.
Reviewed in the United States on 5 April 2024
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The story is told in the narrative form. The pace is slow at times but picks up as the story moves forward. It is hard when young to truly understand our own feelings. You can see and feel that in this story.
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A HH
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro a buen precio
Reviewed in Mexico on 20 October 2023
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Buen libro , y version pasta suave ,
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Rosarot
5.0 out of 5 stars Lesenswert
Reviewed in Germany on 30 September 2023
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Auch in diesem Buch steht - wie so oft bei Toibin - eine interessante Frau im Mittelpunkt. Gefühlvoll und präzise schafft Toibin ein Portrait einer jungen Irin, die nach Amerika auswandert, um dort ihr Glück zu machen.
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origamer73
5.0 out of 5 stars Bon état pour une occasion
Reviewed in France on 15 September 2023
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Bon livre, état correspondant à ce qui a été annoncé.
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GianLuca Calugi
5.0 out of 5 stars bellissima storia
Reviewed in Italy on 8 June 2023
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All'inizio del romanzo, Eilis conduce una vita relativamente protetta. Tuttavia, la lunga storia dell'immigrazione irlandese negli Stati Uniti è rimasta intatta, motivo per cui Eilis trova una comunità irlandese così coesa quando arriva a Brooklyn.
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