Brooklyn won the 2009 Costa Novel Award,[6] was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award,[7] and was longlisted for the 2009 Booker Prize.[8]
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The Question and Answer section for Brooklyn is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I'm not sure about the motives in relationships, but one theme that the two novels share is that of gender inequality. In the novel, Brooklyn, Eilis faces certain limitations because of her gender and status as an immigrant. She and her sister...
A man comes in for dinner, who Eilis is certain is her father. She is wrong.
"He stood still as soon as he had closed the main door behind him, and it was the way he took in the hall, surveying the scene with shyness and a sort of mild delight,...
Catholicism is an important theme in the novel “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin. It is the world’s oldest and largest Christian religion, professing belief in God and in Jesus Christ. Catholicism has a tremendous influence on the novel, both in terms of...
