The News from Dublin

The instant Sunday Time s besteller ‘The work of a writer who has once again demonstrated complete command of his craft’ – The Irish Times ‘Short stories to astonish and delight’ – Financial Times ‘Tales of quiet power’ – The Guardian In The News from Dublin , a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island , Colm Tóibín 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. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia. 'Tóibín 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, The Guardian

The instant Sunday Time s besteller ‘The work of a writer who has once again demonstrated complete command of his craft’ – The Irish Times ‘Short stories to astonish and delight’ – Financial Times ‘Tales of quiet power’ – The Guardian In The News from Dublin , a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island , Colm Tóibín 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. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia. 'Tóibín 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, The Guardian

The instant Sunday Time s besteller ‘The work of a writer who has once again demonstrated complete command of his craft’ – The Irish Times ‘Short stories to astonish and delight’ – Financial Times ‘Tales of quiet power’ – The Guardian In The News from Dublin , a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island , Colm Tóibín 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. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia. 'Tóibín 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, The Guardian

From Colm T?ib?n, "one of the world's best living literary writers" ( The Boston Globe ), 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. Celebrated as "his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power" ( Los Angeles Times ), Colm T?ib?n 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. In "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 The New Yorker , 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. T?ib?n'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. The News from Dublin is an exquisite introduction to T?ib?n's short fiction for new readers who may have discovered T?ib?n with the publication of Long Island , and a glorious new collection for longtime fans of this "achingly beautiful writer...with infinite compassion" ( The Miami Herald ).

From Colm T?ib?n, "one of the world's best living literary writers" ( The Boston Globe ), 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. Celebrated as "his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power" ( Los Angeles Times ), Colm T?ib?n 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. In "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 The New Yorker , 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. T?ib?n'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. The News from Dublin is an exquisite introduction to T?ib?n's short fiction for new readers who may have discovered T?ib?n with the publication of Long Island , and a glorious new collection for longtime fans of this "achingly beautiful writer...with infinite compassion" ( The Miami Herald ).