{"product_id":"9781743533284","title":"Nora Webster","description":"Author: Colm Tóibín \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781743533284 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan Australia \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2015 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 20mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 FOLIO PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe heartbreaking new novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \"This is his best yet.\" \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"So rich, so observant, so moving\"\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A fine companion piece to his acclaimed novel, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e ... Subtle and enthralling\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them. Slowly, through the gift of music and the power of friendship, she finds a glimmer of hope and a way of starting again. As the dynamic of the family changes, she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity, making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fiction. The portrait that is painted in the years that follow is harrowing, piercingly insightful, always tender and deeply true. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNora Webster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that illuminates our own lives in a way that is rare in literature. Its humanity and compassion forge an unforgettable reading experience. \u003cb\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eNORA WEBSTER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"If there is a more brilliant writer than Tóibín working today, I don't know who that would be\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year \"Tender, delicately oblique in its narration, and exquisitely well-written\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"A luminous, elliptical novel in which everyday life manages, in moments, to approach the mystical\" Jennifer Egan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Beautiful and heartbreaking.\" \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \"Arresting. As this novel movingly proposes, there are no ordinary women and no ordinary lives\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Indendent\u003c\/i\u003e \"The story is so expertly crafted that it achieves a luminous intensity, which lingers long in the memory\" \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \"[A] love story and a love letter . . . from one of Ireland's contemporary masters\" \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \"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\" \u003ci\u003eGuardian,\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45327709307038,"sku":"ADS-9781743533284","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781743533284.jpg?v=1744610984","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781743533284","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}