{"product_id":"the-empty-family-colm-toibin-9781439195963","title":"The Empty Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm Tb匤, returns with a stunning collection of stories--\"a book that's both a perfect introduction to Tb匤 and, for longtime fans, a bracing pleasure\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritics praised \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e as a \"beautifully rendered portrait of Brooklyn and provincial Ireland in the 1950s.\" In \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Tb匤 has extended his imagination further, offering an incredible range of periods and characters--people linked by love, loneliness, desire--\"the unvarying dilemmas of the human heart\" ( \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, UK). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the breathtaking long story \"The Street,\" Tb匤 imagines a relationship between Pakistani workers in Barcelona--a taboo affair in a community ruled by obedience and silence. In \"Two Women,\" an eminent and taciturn Irish set designer takes a job in her homeland and must confront emotions she has long repressed. \"Silence\" is a brilliant historical set piece about Lady Gregory, who tells the writer Henry James a confessional story at a dinner party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Family\u003c\/i\u003e will further cement Tb匤's status as \"his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power\" ( \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e ).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143919596X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439195963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2012 pg. 28","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934999838975,"sku":"9781439195963","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f180eb35-68de-4d92-b98a-f5e148163a78.jpg?v=1681417268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empty-family-colm-toibin-9781439195963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}