Long Island
- Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Liv
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- Bog, paperback
- Engelsk
- 304 sider
- Indgår i serie
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* OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, GLAMOUR, FRESH AIR, NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TIMES (London), THE IRISH TIMES, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE OBSERVER, and more * "Stunning." --People * "Dazzling yet devastating...T?ib?n is simply one of the world's best living literary writers." --The Boston Globe * "Momentous and hugely affecting." --The Wall Street Journal * From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, T?ib?n's most popular work in twenty years. Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades. One day, when Tony is at work an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis by name. He tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony's child and that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but instead deposit it on Eilis's doorstep. It is what Eilis does--and what she refuses to do--in response to this stunning news that makes T?ib?n's novel so riveting and suspenseful. Long Island is a gorgeous story "about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate" (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air). It is "a wonder, rich with yearning and regret" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal304
- Udgivelsesdato25-02-2025
- ISBN139781476785127
- Forlag Scribner Book Company
- FormatPaperback
- Udgave0
Størrelse og vægt
10 cm
Anmeldelser
Tanja L 05/02/2025
Ok, men lidt langsom historie. Egentlig fin nok men nåede ikke helt ind til mig. Desværre en uafsluttet slutning. Godt oplæst
Hanne C 11/01/2025
Bogen handler om nogle kedelige, vege mennesker, som ved deres veghed får lavet rod i livet. Gode beskrivelser af små ting, der for store konsekvenser.
Hanne M 20/09/2024
Venter på 3’eren
Anne Mette B 8 17/09/2024
En fin, men lidt tynd historie….
Anonym 15/09/2024
Waw, en skøn serie, der må komme en nr 3 mindst❤️🙏
Tina H 92 05/09/2024
Håber der kommer en bog nr 3
Anne-Marie N 01/09/2024
Fin bog - 😘
Jan K 30/08/2024
Ugeblads roman. Puh den var plat.
Sussi F 21/08/2024
Skønt med slow storytelling. Fin lille historie.
Anonym 20/08/2024
Et sandt mesterværk. Kan varmt anbefales! www.bogpusheren.dk
Maria R 18/08/2024
Fængslende fortælling! Elsker historien om Eilis! Dog frustrerende afslutning!
Margit Marie M 16/08/2024
Virkelig god og spændende - Max stjerner!
Ann-Mari S 2 15/08/2024
En uforløst historie - langtrukken, banal og kedelig.
Gerda Eli J 14/08/2024
Meget god!✌🏼
Jeanette M 13/08/2024
God fortælle stil og plot. Slugte den men sad tilbage med en uforløst stemning efter bogens afslutning
Pia B 12/08/2024
Fin roman om kvinders vilkår for 60 år siden. Pia Birch
Britta N 15 11/08/2024
Kedelig
Sandra Maria S 11/08/2024
God fortælling God oplæser
inge.nohr 10/08/2024
Tarvelig slutning, 😰😰😰😰
Annette B 08/08/2024
Lidt langtrukken og lidt kedelig
Hanne H 08/08/2024
Lidt mærkelig slutning
Anonym 07/08/2024
Elsker hans bøger. God oplæser.
Helen H 07/08/2024
ret kedelig og intetsigende.
Anita N 06/08/2024
God men lidt speciel slutning…
Arabella O 06/08/2024
Havde gættet slutningen