Any books like Colm Toibin's Brooklyn? I saw the movie and would very much like to read the book but practically all the copies in the UC system are checked out and due next year
this movie was so inoffensive I actually liked it
>>7810693
The Go-between by L.P. Hartley
It's got very similar themes and it was also turned into a great film in 1971.
Plus, Colm Toibin wrote the Introduction to the NYRB edition.
>>7811006
pic rel looks like he is plying Who am I
>>7811006
my school doesn't even have that one, fml
I suppose my ereader is always an option though
I'd definitely recommend it. It's similar in style to Henry James and a lot of 19th century realist authors. The prose is spare but descriptive enough for its purposes. There is no central plot and instead the focus is put on the characters, who are all very real and likable. Overall, no one aspect of the novel stands out, but the total effect is subtle and fulfilling. Toibin is not trying to show off; instead, he is like a master artisan working to make the best product possible for the sake of his craft. And afterwards you really do get a good sense of what it was like to emigrate from Ireland to America in the 1950s. If you liked the movie it's almost a certainty that you'll like the book.
