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Brooklyn : a novel

Title
Brooklyn : a novel / Colm Tóibín.
Author
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Publication
  • New York : Scribner, 2009.
  • ©2009
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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TextPermit needed Berg Coll Tóibín B76 2009Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
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Description
262 pages; 22 cm
Summary
In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving behind her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life -- and finally, she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. 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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • History.
  • Psychological fiction.
  • Romance fiction.
Access (note)
  • Berg Collection is restricted access;
Awards (note)
  • Costa Book Award, 2009.
Call Number
JFD 09-2179
ISBN
  • 9781439138311
  • 1439138311
LCCN
2009001548
OCLC
262428686
Author
Tóibín, Colm, 1955- author.
Title
Brooklyn : a novel / Colm Tóibín.
Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Copyright Date
©2009
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Berg Collection is restricted access; Request permission from holding division.
Local Note
Berg Collection copy inscribed by author to Steve [Stephen Crook] on t.p.
Berg Collection copy donated by Stephen G. Crook, June 29, 2010.
Awards
Costa Book Award, 2009.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Crook, Stephen G., 1950- Former owner
Crook, Stephen G., 1950- Donor
Research Call Number
JFD 09-2179
Berg Coll Tóibín B76 2009
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