The News From Dublin by Colm Toibin

The News From Dublin by Colm ToibinColm Tibn is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and its sequel Long Island, and The Magician, and three collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tibn was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022 2024.

the novel celebrates the enduring spirit of those who lived in the Scottish Highlands during a tumultuous period

Captain Cook to Banjo Paterson

But the problem isn't the adjective

he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the culture and technology of not only its ancient world

and sometimes counterfactual speculation ""” it traces the complex consequences of colonial settlement across the generations of a White Australian family of mixed origins and ancestries

overlapping lives

endurance and ability to ‘eat bitterness

women warriors

an unflinching look at a society close to tipping point and a story for our times

'A fizzy joy to read' BETSY CORNWELL

this really is the work of a true original' The TimesPart of the VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS series - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions

Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they made that day – as the baby’s real story unfolds