Nora Webster: A Novel – Colm Tóibín

Condition : Good.
Penguin, 2014, Large-format Paperback – Fiction – 310 pp.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 FOLIO PRIZE

From one of contemporary literature’s most acclaimed and beloved authors comes this magnificent novel set in a small town in Ireland in the 1960s. Struggling with grief and financial hardships after the death of her beloved husband, widow Nora struggles to support her four children and clings to secrecy in the intrusive community of her childhood before finding her voice.

“This is his best yet.” – Spectator, Books of the Year
“So rich, so observant, so moving” – Observer, Books of the Year
“A fine companion piece to his acclaimed novel, Brooklyn … Subtle and enthralling” – Sunday Times, Books of the Year
“If there is a more brilliant writer than Tóibín working today, I don’t know who that would be” – Irish Times, Books of the Year
“This novel is the real thing, rare and tremendous . . . It does everything we ought to ask of a great novel: that it respond to the fullness of our lives, be as large as life itself” – Guardian, Book of the Week.