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. Tóibín currently teaches at New York’s Columbia University.Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, 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. He’s taught in different capacities at many prestigious institutions in the United States, including Stanford University, Princeton University, New York University and Boston College. It was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award and won the 2009 Costa Novel Award.įrom 2017 to 2022, he served as chancellor of the University of Liverpool. In 2009, Tóibín published “Brooklyn,” a novel about a young Irish woman who immigrated to New York City in the 1950s. His 2004 release, “The Master,” received critical acclaim and won the International Dublin Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Award and the Stonewall Book Award. Tóibín – who splits time living between New York and Dublin – published his first novel, “The South,” in 1990 and has since published nine others. Talking about his encounter with cancer, Tóibín said: “I (fought) my battle against cancer by staring straight ahead,” but later acknowledged how humbling the experience was.Īudience questions generally focused on Tóibín’s writing process, of which he spoke willingly and candidly.
She passed away in 2000, but her continued influence on him is apparent in his writing. Tóibín spoke endearingly about his relationship with his late mother, who imparted a love of literature to him. Joseph’s University New York Night’s Proceedingsīrooklyn Campus Associate Dean Mik Larson and Greenlight Bookstore owner Jessica Stockton Bagnulo introduced Tóibín, who provided comedic anecdotes in between otherwise affecting readings.
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