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The news from Dublin [large print] : stories / Colm Tóibín.

Summary:

"A collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America-about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love. In "The Journey to Galway," a mother who has learned of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in WWII, travels to Galway to inform his wife and their three now-fatherless children. "Sleep," originally published in The New Yorker, explores the rift between two lovers as one of them cannot reckon with his grief and fear after the death of his brother. Death, again, is a central character in the title story, "The News from Dublin," as Maurice Webster travels to Dublin to try to save his younger brother who is dying of tuberculosis. Maurice must petition the health minister for access to a new experimental drug, and this is the only hope. Tóibín's stories are rich with the complexities of family dynamics, the haunting pull of the past, and the quiet revelations that define our lives."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798891648449
  • Physical Description: 343 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2026.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A free man" and "The Catalan girls" are published for the first time in this compilation. The other stories have been previously published in magazines or anthologies.
Regular print version previously published by: Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster.
Formatted Contents Note:
The journey to Galway -- A free man -- Sleep -- The news from Dublin -- A sum of money -- Barton Springs -- Summer of '38 -- Five bridges -- The Catalan girls.
Subject:
Families > Fiction.
Bereavement > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Short stories.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 14 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System. (Show)

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library LP Tói (Text) 30308101378421 Adult Large Print New Fiction Checked out 08/25/2026
Bailey Public Library LTE FIC Tói (Text) 37807000075066 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Berea Library LPB FIC TOIBIN (Text) 42756202533698 Adult Large Print New Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library LP TOI (Text) 0020514122884 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Dunn Public Library LgPrt F Toi (Text) 33436001857587 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Harnett County Main Library LgPrt F Toi (Text) 33630005531764 Adult Large Print Fiction Checked out 08/14/2026
Henderson Main Branch TOI (Text) 33258035541644 Adult Large Print New Fiction Reshelving -
Hope Mills Library CMB1997954 (Text) CMB1997954 Technical Services In process -
Jackson County Public Library LP TOIBIN (Text) 39493109564759 Adult Large Print New Fiction Available -
Jacksonville Main Library LP FIC TÓIBÍN (Text) 36015002704928 Adult Large Print New Fiction Checked out 08/13/2026