The first part of the novel is, by far, the best. And for several reasons. Colm Toibin is not Sam Beckett, but, the first pages of the "Story of the Night" sound like the beginning of "Molloy". For both of them, their mother just died. One them (Molloy) live in the bed room of /5(). A love story full of honesty and truth, Colm Toibin portrays a difficult relationship during dark times. From the award-winning author of Brooklyn and The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in Argentina.\n\nIn Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at night, and people have trained themselves not to see. Richard Garay lives with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from society. Stifled by his job, Richard is willing to take chances, both sexually and.
Editions for The Story of the Night: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Hardcover published. The story of the night Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The story of the night by Colm Tóibín. Publication date Topics Gay men -- Fiction., Cocaine abuse -- Fiction., Falkland Islands War, -- Fiction., Argentina -- Fiction. Through Richard's own coming-of-age story, we also bear witness, in Toibin's evocative cadences, to a more international yet deeply personal crisis: the devastation of AIDS. Toibin writes with meticulous control and an understatement that makes the deeply moving and surprisingly consoling ending absolutely real.
Colm Toibin is not Sam Beckett, but, the first pages of the "Story of the Night" sound like the beginning of "Molloy". For both of them, their mother just died. One them (Molloy) live in the bed room of his mother, the other. (Richard) sleeps in her bed. In Molloy's room garbage is piling up. THE STORY OF THE NIGHT. by Colm Tóibín Colm Toibin ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, A brooding, resonant novel set in Argentina. Irish writer Tóibín (The Heather Blazing, ; the nonfiction The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe, ; etc.) is fascinated with the ways that suppressed feelings can shape and deform character, and the often destructive and always disruptive manner in which long repressed emotions can emerge. Courtesy of Henry Holt. This is Colm Tóibín’s third novel, and a very fine piece of work it is too. Set in Buenos Aires, with excursions to New York and Barcelona, it’s the story of a gay man called Richard, son of an English mother and Argentinean father. Argentina’s turbulent history of the last few decades has seen the country emerge from a period of military dictatorship—when torture, murder, and “disappearances” were commonplace—to democracy and political stability, the.
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