by Colm Tóibín · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141041742
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«Brooklyn» is the historical and romantic novel by Colm Tóibín, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey emigrates to Brooklyn due to the lack of work and settles into a boarding house. Between her job in a department store, night classes, and Friday dances, she begins to find happiness. A tragedy forces her to return to Ireland and decide between love and the promises she left in America.
Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2009, it was adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan.
A read for those who enjoy literary fiction, historical romance, and stories of emigration and belonging.
Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
