Tóibín demonstrates once again his astonishing range and that he is a true master of nuanced prose, emotional depth, and narrative virtuosity. In the quiet character of Eilis Lacey, Colm Tóibín has created one of fiction's most memorable heroines and in Brooklyn, a luminous novel of devastating power. 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. Slowly, however, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life - until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. Sold by NPLStore and Delivered by Amazon. Details Select delivery location Only 1 left in stock. Leaving 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. Brooklyn (Film Tie-in) : Colm Tibn: Amazon.in: Books Books Literature & Fiction Contemporary Fiction Buy new: 995.00 M.R.P.: 1,595.00 Save: 600.00 (38) Inclusive of all taxes 65 delivery Monday, September 12.

Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go.

Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love with Tony, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. He talks of having children who are Dodgers fans. He takes Eilis to Coney Island and Ebbets Field, and home to dinner in the two-room apartment he shares with his brothers and parents. Tony, a blond Italian from a big family, slowly wins her over with patient charm.

When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America - to live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood 'just like Ireland' - she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.Įilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Though skilled at bookkeeping, she cannot find a job in the miserable Irish economy. However, the novel is hardly a fairy tale. Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.Įilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War Two. A young immigrant woman comes to America, where hard work and a kind heart earn her a job, an education, and a man.

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