Nora Webster

Colm Tóibín

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Picador
01 February 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

ABBEY'S CHOICE OCTOBER 2014 ----- 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. Colm Toibin's Nora is a character as resonant as Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary, and Nora Webster 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.

By: Colm Tóibín
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9781743533284
ISBN 10: 1743533284
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 February 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of seven other novels including Blackwater Lightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were nominated for the Booker Prize, with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, and Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.