Colm Tóibín

A Guest at the Feast (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Guest at the Feast is Colm Tóibín's touching memoir.

A Guest at the Feast moves from the small town of Enniscorthy to Dublin, from memories of a mother who always had a book on the go to the author's early adulthood, from a love of literature to the influences of place and family. Tóibín's captivating memoir is the story of a writer coming of age and his connections between home, work and love. It is a perfect gem of a book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780241962299
• Artikelnr.: 39203054

Autorenporträt

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.

Rezensionen

Droll, careful reflections on Ireland, illness and religion in a welcome collection of essays . . . [the] melancholy elegance of the prose guarantees the reader's enjoyment Guardian