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  1. May 9, 2024 · Colm Toibin is one of the most widely read writers in contemporary Irish literature. He has published fiction and nonfiction, including, travelogues, essays, and criticism. His best-known works include the novels The Blackwater Lightship (1999), The Master (2004), Brooklyn (2009), and The Testament of Mary (2012).

  2. 3 days ago · The Blackwater Lightship. Tóibín’s fourth novel—a Booker Prize finalist—is a story about family secrets and fraught reunion set against the backdrop of the early 1990s HIV/AIDS crisis ...

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  4. May 3, 2024 · When Declan chooses to stay with his grandmother, the women meet in Mrs Devereuxs crumbling house by the sea joined by two of Declan’s friends. As all six of them find their way through that difficult week, they tell their stories, care for Declan, and come to find an uneasy peace with each other.

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  6. May 7, 2024 · Colm Tóibín is the author of seven novels: The South; The Heather Blazing; The Story of the Night; The Blackwater Lightship; The Master, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction; Brooklyn, which won the Costa Fiction Award; and The Testament of Mary; as well as Mothers and Sons, a book of short stories.

  7. Apr 28, 2024 · All six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, are forced to listen to, and come to terms with each other.The Blackwater Lightship is a novel about morals and manners, about culture clashes and clashes of personalities, but it is also a novel full of stories, as the characters give an account of themselves, and the ...

  8. May 7, 2024 · Q: Your work often deals with death and mourning, from The Blackwater Lightship to Brooklyn. How is portraying that process of mourning significant in telling these stories? A: Yes, it comes up in one way or another in all the books. It is a strange process because this does not happen deliberately, but at the same time I write with as much ...

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