Informationen zum Autor Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin. Klappentext A new edition of the Costa Award winning novel! which has sold more than 200!00 copies! published to tie in with a brand new film adaptation. The screenplay for the film is written by Nick Hornby! and it will star Saoirse Ronan! Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters. Zusammenfassung It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed.

Klappentext

A new edition of the Costa Award winning novel, which has sold more than 200,00 copies, published to tie in with a brand new film adaptation. The screenplay for the film is written by Nick Hornby, and it will star Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters.

Zusammenfassung
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed.