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ABOUT
THE BOOK

From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years. Long Island is a gorgeous story “about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air). It is “a wonder, rich with yearning and regret” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Colm
Tóibín

Author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah’s Book Club Pick; 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 2022–2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. 3x shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin/New York.

 

 

Author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah’s Book Club Pick; 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 2022–2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. 3x shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin/New York.

 

 

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The novel portrays the life of Eilis Lacey who is Irish and married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian-American brothers. They all live in neighbouring houses in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives, children and Tony’s parents. The narrative starts in the spring of 1976 when Eilis who is in her forties with two adolesents has to face the hardships of life in this new place, while feeling strongly attached to Ireland. One day, an Irishman comes to the door looking for meeting her, and tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony’s child and that when the wife delivers that baby, he shall not raise it up but will place it on Eilis’s doorstep. Hence, the intriguing events follows one another. (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Libraries NI staff were asked to nominate a title for submission, this book was the most popular choice as chosen by Libraries NI staff. (Libraries NI (Northern Ireland)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
07/05/2024
Country
Ireland
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scribner
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