A Long Winter - Colm Toibin
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Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tรณibรญnโs finest short stories and โthe most striking example of Tรณibinโs emotional controlโ (The Guardian), โA Long Winter,โ is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spainโincludes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.A young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his ... Full description
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Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tรณibรญnโs finest short stories and โthe most striking example of Tรณibinโs emotional controlโ (The Guardian), โA Long Winter,โ is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spainโincludes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.
A young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his military service. His younger brother, Jordi, will be departing for his service a week after Miquelโs arrival. He will be gone for two years. Miquel notices their motherโs increasingly erratic behavior and understands that she is drinking.
As she becomes increasingly unstable, her husband resorts to drastic measures. Unable to abide his betrayal and her own grief, she walks off into the mountains. A blizzard sets in and the search for her is futile. No one will find her until the spring thaw arrives.
A gorgeous story of loss, grief, and longing, โA Long Winterโ describes an extraordinary bond between a mother and son and a haunting portrait of a family in crisis. Tรณibรญnโs powers of imagination and transfixing emotional insight are on full display.
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| Author | Colm Toibin |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
| Release year | 2025 |
| Cover type | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9781668212714 |