Brooklyn - Softcover

"Toibin's genius is that he makes it impossible for us to walk away."
-- "The New Yorker"

"A beautifully rendered portrait of Brooklyn and provincial Ireland in the 1950s... Toibin writes about women more convincingly, I think, than any other living, male novelist." -- Zoe Heller, author of "The Believers"

"Toibin's prose is as elegant in its simplicity as it is complex in the emotions it evokes." -- "The New York Times Magazine"

"[A] masterly tale... There is not a sentence or a thought out of place." -- "Irish Times "

"Colm Toibin leads a generation of Irish novelists... His generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power." -- "Los Angeles Times"

"A compelling characterization of a woman caught between two worlds... A fine and touching novel, persuasive proof of Toibin's ever-increasing skills and range." -- "Booklist" (starred review)

"A quiet masterpiece." -- "The Express" (U.K.)

Toibin [is] his generation s most gifted writer of love s complicated, contradictory power.
Floyd Skoot, Los Angeles Times"

A classical coming-of-age story, pure, unsensationalized, quietly profound There are no antagonists in this novel, no psychodramas, no angst. There is only the sound of a young woman slowly and deliberately stepping into herself, learning to make and stand behind her choices, finding herself.
Pam Houston, O, the Oprah Magazine"

Reading Toibin is like watching an artist paint one small stroke after another until suddenly the finished picture emerges to shattering effect . Brooklyn stands comparison with Henry James s The Portrait of a Lady.
The Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)"

"[A] triumph One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations."
USA Today"

"Toibin ... [is] his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power."
-- Floyd Skoot, Los Angeles Times

"A classical coming-of-age story, pure, unsensationalized, quietly profound... There are no antagonists in this novel, no psychodramas, no angst. There is only the sound of a young woman slowly and deliberately stepping into herself, learning to make and stand behind her choices, finding herself."
-- Pam Houston, O, the Oprah Magazine

"Reading Toibin is like watching an artist paint one small stroke after another until suddenly the finished picture emerges to shattering effect.... Brooklyn stands comparison with Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady."
-- The Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)

"[A] triumph... One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations."
-- USA Today

-Toibin ... [is] his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power.-
-- Floyd Skoot, Los Angeles Times

-A classical coming-of-age story, pure, unsensationalized, quietly profound... There are no antagonists in this novel, no psychodramas, no angst. There is only the sound of a young woman slowly and deliberately stepping into herself, learning to make and stand behind her choices, finding herself.-
-- Pam Houston, O, the Oprah Magazine

-Reading Toibin is like watching an artist paint one small stroke after another until suddenly the finished picture emerges to shattering effect.... Brooklyn stands comparison with Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady.-
-- The Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)

-[A] triumph... One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations.-
-- USA Today