Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a beautifully rendered story of 1950s life in the colorful New York borough.
Eilis Lacey of Enniscorthy, Ireland doesn't think of herself as the adventurous sort, but when a string of circumstances sets her off on a boat for America, she finds a new life waiting for her, one of both extreme loneliness and absolute wonder. Toibin takes us through the immigrant experience (getting used to new customs, consumerism, finding a job, finding someone to love) with such careful attention to emotional detail, his simple, almost pedestrian vocabulary builds into poetry.
This is a book to curl up with, mug of tea in hand, snowstorm building outside. Enjoy!
I was just reading about BROOKLYN the other day, thinking...maybe a Thanksgiving break read for me??
ReplyDeleteI'm going to pick this up the second we finish SLH. Thanks for the recommendation!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read it! Thanks for this!
ReplyDeleteI think you guys will like it! It's a quiet book, but sometimes those are the best, no?
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