This book is Short-listed for the 2014 Costa Novel Awards and the 2015 Folio Prize. Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times...
This book is Short-listed for the 2014 Costa Novel Awards and the 2015 Folio Prize. Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them. Slowly, through the gift of music and the power of friendship, she finds a glimmer of hope and a way of starting again. As the dynamic of the family changes, she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity, making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fiction. The portrait that is painted in the years that follow is harrowing, piercingly insightful, always tender and deeply true. Colm Toibin's Nora is a character as resonant as Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary and Nora Webster is a novel that illuminates our own lives in a way that is rare in literature. Its humanity and compassion forge an unforgettable reading experience.
Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in 1955. He is the author of eight novels, including The Blackwater Lightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award, and Nora Webster, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in...
Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in 1955. He is the author of eight novels, including The Blackwater Lightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award, and Nora Webster, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2014. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.
三星半。Toibin在短篇集Mothers and Sons里面已经写了一个关于寡妇的故事'The Name of the Game'，个人觉得这个长篇不如短篇。作者还是太沉浸于自己家庭环境和亲友经历的束缚了，所以这本小说里还是有很多真实事件和人物的影子，如果把Toibin所有的作品都有看过一遍的话这种人物关系设置的雷同性还是有点让人疲劳的。这本书极平淡的情节可以说既是优点也是缺点，在极细腻地呈现...三星半。Toibin在短篇集Mothers and Sons里面已经写了一个关于寡妇的故事'The Name of the Game'，个人觉得这个长篇不如短篇。作者还是太沉浸于自己家庭环境和亲友经历的束缚了，所以这本小说里还是有很多真实事件和人物的影子，如果把Toibin所有的作品都有看过一遍的话这种人物关系设置的雷同性还是有点让人疲劳的。这本书极平淡的情节可以说既是优点也是缺点，在极细腻地呈现一个小镇寡妇应对丧夫后的心灵创伤、对母亲的追忆同时还要操心后人的同时，也不免有过于琐碎之处，当然节奏还是一如既往的慢，喜欢情节性强的读者应该不会喜欢这本书。Toibin继续在自己作品中互相穿插小说人物，这本书里就有提到Carmel Redmond，Lily Devereux和May Lacey(展开)
https://www.1handclapping.online/post/colm-toibin-north-atlantic-light I am in Wexford now, in the southeast of Ireland, in a house close to the sea in Ballyconnigar Upper, or Cush, as it is called by the locals. My parents knew this stretch of coast; my fa...
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三星半。Toibin在短篇集Mothers and Sons里面已经写了一个关于寡妇的故事'The Name of the Game'，个人觉得这个长篇不如短篇。作者还是太沉浸于自己家庭环境和亲友经历的束缚了，所以这本小说里还是有很多真实事件和人物的影子，如果把Toibin所有的作品都有看过一遍的话这种人物关系设置的雷同性还是有点让人疲劳的。这本书极平淡的情节可以说既是优点也是缺点，在极细腻地呈现... 三星半。Toibin在短篇集Mothers and Sons里面已经写了一个关于寡妇的故事'The Name of the Game'，个人觉得这个长篇不如短篇。作者还是太沉浸于自己家庭环境和亲友经历的束缚了，所以这本小说里还是有很多真实事件和人物的影子，如果把Toibin所有的作品都有看过一遍的话这种人物关系设置的雷同性还是有点让人疲劳的。这本书极平淡的情节可以说既是优点也是缺点，在极细腻地呈现一个小镇寡妇应对丧夫后的心灵创伤、对母亲的追忆同时还要操心后人的同时，也不免有过于琐碎之处，当然节奏还是一如既往的慢，喜欢情节性强的读者应该不会喜欢这本书。Toibin继续在自己作品中互相穿插小说人物，这本书里就有提到Carmel Redmond，Lily Devereux和May Lacey (展开)