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1 de ene. de 2006 · Mothers and Sons. Colm Tóibín. 3.78. 2,353 ratings289 reviews. Each of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another.
Take two stories that are indeed about mothers and sons, specifically about mothers who walk out on their families. "A Song," one of the shortest, is a bittersweet encounter in a country bar between a band singer and his estranged mother, a famous folk singer herself.
Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive, each finely wrought story teases out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons.
Mothers and Sons is a 2006 collection of short stories written by Irish writer Colm Tóibín and published in 2006. The book was published in hardback by Picador, and each of its stories explores an aspect of the mother-son relationship.
A collection of nine stories focusing on a moment in which an unspoken balance shifts in which a mother and son do battle, or experience a sudden crisis, thus leaving their conception of who they are subtly or seriously altered. Ficha técnica. Nº de páginas: 320. Editorial: PAN BOOKS LTD. Idioma: INGLÉS. Encuadernación: Tapa blanda.
Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Psychologically...
31 de dic. de 2006 · You pick up a book called “Mothers and Sons” and expect something reassuring and warm, domestic; but it is part of Toibin’s pitiless and often brilliant vision to show that mothers and sons...
