{"product_id":"the-news-from-dublin-stories-colm-toibin-hardcover","title":"The News from Dublin: Stories -- Colm Toibin, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Colm Tóibín, \"one of the world's best living literary writers,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), a brilliant new collection of nine short stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--many never before published.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColm Tóibín is a master of the short story, able to summon an extraordinary intensity of emotion in a brief tale. Described as \"his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), he brings to these stories an astonishing clarity and compassion. In \"The Journey to Galway,\" a mother learns of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in WWII, and must travel from Dublin to share the news with his wife and their three now fatherless children. In \"Sleep,\" published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, two lovers part as one of them cannot acknowledge or face his grief and fear after the death of his brother. And in the title story, death, again, is a central character as Maurice Webster travels to Dublin from Enniscorthy to petition the health minister for access to a new drug being tested for tuberculosis. Maurice's younger brother is dying of TB, and this is the only hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Spain, Ireland, and America, these gorgeous stories explore longing, estrangement from family, grief, the pull of the past, and complex, transcendent love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection includes: - \"The Journey to Galway\" (originally published in Faber Anthology) - \"A Free Man\" (new) - \"Sleep\" (originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - \"The News from Dublin\" (originally published in Faber Anthology) - \"A Sum of Money\" (new) - \"Barton Springs\" (originally published in Marlene Dumas catalogue) - \"Summer of '38\" (originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - \"Five Bridges\" (originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - \"The Catalan Girls\" (new)\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.66\" H x 7.14\" L x 1.08\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781476785141\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51237957927216,"sku":"9781476785141","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781476785141.jpg?v=1784233015","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-news-from-dublin-stories-colm-toibin-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}