{"product_id":"the-news-from-dublin-by-colm-toibin-9781035030736","title":"The News from Dublin","description":"\u003cp\u003eShort stories to astonish and delight' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tales of quiet power' The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn The News from Dublin, a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island, Colm Toibin delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Toibin is the consummate cartographer of the private self, summoning with restrained acuity (and a delicious streak of sly humour) the thoughts his characters struggle to find words for' - Clare Clark, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57018326679925,"sku":"9781035030736","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781035030736.jpg?v=1775064053","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-news-from-dublin-by-colm-toibin-9781035030736","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}