{"product_id":"the-news-from-dublin-stories-9781476785141","title":"The News from Dublin: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Colm Tóibín, \"one of the world's best living literary writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America--about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated as \"his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Colm Tóibín is a master of short fiction as well as the novel, able to summon an extraordinary intensity of emotion in a brief tale. The eleven stories transport readers across continents and eras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Journey to Galway,\" a mother who has learned of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in World War I, travels to Galway to inform his wife and their three now fatherless children. \"Sleep,\" originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the rift between two lovers as one of them cannot reckon with his grief and fear after the death of his brother. Death, again, is a central character in the title story, \"The News from Dublin,\" as Maurice Webster travels to Dublin to try to save his younger brother who is dying of tuberculosis. Maurice must petition the health minister for access to a new experimental drug, and this is the only hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTóibín's stories are rich with the complexities of family dynamics, the haunting pull of the past, and the quiet revelations that define our lives. His characters, whether navigating the aftermath of war, or forbidden love, or the desires of a girl in Catalan, or the quiet struggles mundane life, are rendered with illuminating, unforgettable empathy and insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNews from Dublin \u003c\/i\u003eis an exquisite introduction to Tóibín's short fiction for new readers who may have discovered Tóibín with the publication of \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and a glorious new collection for longtime fans of this \"achingly beautiful writer...with infinite compassion\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 7.14w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476785141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eNora Webster, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022-2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Colm Toibin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47809152254109,"sku":"9781476785141","price":49.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6739371b-07c7-4f8c-b6ec-83223b5fdfdc.jpg?v=1775557320","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-news-from-dublin-stories-9781476785141","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}