Colm Toibin

In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son’s crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel, who are her keepers. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was “worth it”; nor that the “group of misfits he gathered around him, men …

The South is a 1990 novel by Irish writer Colm Tóibín. It drew comparisons with Milan Kundera. Katherine, a Protestant woman from Ireland, arrives in Barcelona in the 1950s having left her husband and son. Very slowly she starts discovering the city and gets to meet local painters. The dictatorship of Francisco Franco …

The Master è un romanzo di Colm Tóibín del 2004. Il romanzo è stato considerato tra i finalisti del Booker Prize del 2004, ed ha vinto l'International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award nel 2006.

Selected as a Notable Book, a Critics' Top Book, and a Top 10 Book of Historical Fiction by The New York Times, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, and The Wall Street Journal From one of today's most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set across a …