Through a series of accessible essays, lectures, and reviews that rove from Jane Austen to Brian Moore—many of which appeared in either the London or New York Review of Books— Tóibín explores the ...

In the past seven years, celebrated Irish writer Colm Tóibín has published two novels (“The Magician,” about the German writer Thomas Mann and “House of Names,” a retelling of the ancient tale of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Author Colm Toibin poses for photographers during the photo call for Brooklyn, in London, Oct. 12, 2015. “The Magician” by ...

One of the lingering mysteries about the German writer Thomas Mann is how there could have been any lingering mystery about his repressed –make that sublimated– sexual desire for beautiful young men.

Montauk, on Long Island, where Colm Toibin's new novel is set - Tetra How does a writer revive their best-loved characters? How do they pay service to a story for which hundreds of thousands of ...

"Long Island," the sequel to Irish author Colm Tóibín bestseller "Brooklyn," will be published in May 2024, publishers Picador Books announced on March 28. "Long Island," set in the 1970s, will ...

Walking into solitude is not so difficult — even nowadays, with the digital contrails of voicemail and instant messaging. “I live alone now and I work hard,” writes a character in Colm Tóibín’s newest ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin firmly believes the novel will remain fundamentally unchanged by the Internet or other high-tech innovations, a realm in which he admits he ...

Voices, cadence, pacing: These 8 sublime audiobooks do everything right. By Lauren Christensen Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Now a suburban married mother, Eilis ...