CLOSE-UP: COLM TÓIBÍN
Few writers combine wit and wisdom as effortlessly as Colm Tóibín. Regarded by many as the foremost Irish writer of his generation, Tóibín has been widely praised and awarded for both his fiction and nonfiction. Over the course of a thirty-year career, he has written eleven novels, numerous short story and essay collections, poetry, and plays.
Tóibín often writes about people longing for understanding and acceptance—characters who are frequently trying to escape oppressive environments. His international breakthrough came with Brooklyn, the novel about young Eilis who leaves a small Irish town in the 1950s to seek a better life in New York. The novel—adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan—is a remarkable portrait of a woman faced with a heartbreaking choice between duty and love.
Meet one of the great writers of our time in conversation with Bernhard Ellefsen, culture editor at Morgenbladet, as they explore what makes a truly great story.
CLOSE-UP: COLM TÓIBÍN
Few writers combine wit and wisdom as effortlessly as Colm Tóibín. Regarded by many as the foremost Irish writer of his generation, Tóibín has been widely praised and awarded for both his fiction and nonfiction. Over the course of a thirty-year career, he has written eleven novels, numerous short story and essay collections, poetry, and plays.
Tóibín often writes about people longing for understanding and acceptance—characters who are frequently trying to escape oppressive environments. His international breakthrough came with Brooklyn, the novel about young Eilis who leaves a small Irish town in the 1950s to seek a better life in New York. The novel—adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan—is a remarkable portrait of a woman faced with a heartbreaking choice between duty and love.
Meet one of the great writers of our time in conversation with Bernhard Ellefsen, culture editor at Morgenbladet, as they explore what makes a truly great story.
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