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Blackwater Lightship (The Booker Prize)

出版社： Picador

書林書號：

30123540

作者：

Toibin, Colm

定價：

476

會員價：

$452

ISBN：

9780330389860

出版年份：

2000

裝訂：

平裝

總頁數：

272

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'This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its construction ...Toibin has crafted an unmissable read' Sunday Herald In Blackwater in the early 1990s, three women -- Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen -- have come together after years of strife and reached an uneasy truce. Helen's adored brother Declan is dying. Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by the sea, where the six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, must listen and come to terms with one another. 'It is in his emotional choreography that Toibin shows himself to be an exceptional writer. Helen is estranged from both her mother and grandmother ...Toibin helps them make peace -- and he does it beautifully' Sunday Telegraph 'He writes in spare, powerful prose and he is truly perceptive about family relationships which, at times, makes reading his stories incredibly painful. But this is a beautiful novel' Belfast News 'We shall be reading and living with The Blackwater Lightship in twenty years' Independent on Sunday

Colm Toibin was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of five novels, most recently The Master, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. His non-fiction includes Bad Blood, Homage to Barcelona and The Sign of the Cross. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Dublin.

Praise for The Blackwater Lightship:

“This is a brilliant achievement.…”

–Ottawa Citizen

“An exceptionally fine piece of writing.…It’s a measure of Tóibín’s craft that he can sustain his honest, steady gaze on the enigma of life.”

–Globe and Mail

“This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its

construction.…Tóibín has crafted an unmissable read.”

–Sunday Herald (U.K.)

“A genuine work of art.”

–Chicago Tribune --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.