EAN: 9781035079841

TÓIBÍN COLM A LONG WINTER

An unforgettable story about loss and new love from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long
Island.   'The most striking example of Tóibín's emotional control . . . [An] eloquent
expression of the bond between a mother and a son' - Guardian   One snowy morning  after
arguing with her husband  Miquel's mother walks out from their home high up in the Pyrenees and
does not return. With his younger brother stationed far away on military service and his father
cast out by the people of the town  Miquel and his father are left to fend for themselves.
Together they will be forced to battle the elements  and their resentment of each other 
through the long winter.  Miquel's desperate searching for his mother is only interrupted when
Manolo  an orphaned servant boy from the next village  arrives to help out in the house. As
Miquel is forced to confront the reality of his mother's absence  Manolo  with his silences and
longing gaze  offers the promise of new love  and another kind of life.   ' A Long Winter
evokes loss  lonelieness  guilt and survival in a few masterly strokes' - Independent

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