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288 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781416534655
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With dazzling brilliance and empathy, Colm Tóibín's collection of stories wrestles with complicated themes of emotional restraint, the long reach of sexual repression, and the difficulty of escaping one's past. Each of the nine stories in this ...
Community Reviews Summary of 126 reviews
Moods
sad 80%
dark 60%
reflective 60%
challenging 20%
lighthearted 20%
mysterious 20%
tense 20%
Pace
fast 16%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 80% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 20%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 25%Average rating
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288 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781416534655
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With dazzling brilliance and empathy, Colm Tóibín's collection of stories wrestles with complicated themes of emotional restraint, the long reach of sexual repression, and the difficulty of escaping one's past. Each of the nine stories in this ...
Community Reviews Summary of 126 reviews
Moods
sad 80%
dark 60%
reflective 60%
challenging 20%
lighthearted 20%
mysterious 20%
tense 20%
Pace
fast 16%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 80% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 20%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 25%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.