Mothers and Sons

Advance Reading Copy. 8vo. Pp. vii, 298. Cream printed wraps.

Signed by Tóibín to title page. Uncommon.

A Sunday Telegraph Book of the Year. Author's first collection of short fiction, all set in contemporary Ireland, bar the last and longest, "A Long Winter", which takes place in Catalonia some twenty years after the Spanish Civil War. Each of the nine stories centres on a transformative moment that alters the delicate balance of power between a mother and son, or changes the way they perceive one another. Some appeared in print prior to the book's publication in literary outlets such as The Guardian, The London Review of Books, and The Dublin Review. By the author of The Master, winner of the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. "[A] finely wrought collection." –The Times