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  • Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.
    Colm Tóibín
    / Novels

    In his first novel, The South (1990), an Irish woman abandons her marriage and young son and embarks on a lifelong journey toward self-discovery in Spain. His next novel, The Heather Blazing (1992), centers on the life, career, and relationships of an elderly, emotionally reserved Dublin judge. He followed…

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    In his first novel, The South (1990), an Irish woman abandons her marriage and young son and embarks on a lifelong journey toward self-discovery in Spain. His next novel, The Heather Blazing (1992), centers on the life, career, and relationships of an elderly, emotionally reserved Dublin judge. He followed…

    Read More