Name: Rakestraw Books presents Colm Tóibín
Start: 2024-05-05T10:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-05T12:00:00-07:00
Location: Rakestraw Books

Rakestraw Books presents Colm Tóibín

Rakestraw Books is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's premier indie bookstores. We specialize in creating extraordinary events for all sorts of authors from Tim Gunn to Barbara Walters, from Paula Hawkins to Brian Selznick.

Rakestraw Books "The Bookstore in Danville"

Join us as we celebrate one of Ireland's greatest contemporary novelists, Colm Tóibín, for a special in-person event in Danville.

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Colm Tóibín is the three-time Booker Prize-shortlisted author of eleven novels, a book of poetry, two story collections, multiple plays, and several books of criticism. He is best known for Brooklyn, the unforgettable story of a young Irish immigrant and her complex journey of love and family in the early 1950s. The story was turned into a film starring Saoirse Ronan, which garnered four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. His latest novel, The Magician, explores the life and mind of Nobel prize-winning author Thomas Mann in “a complex but empathetic portrayal of a writer in a lifelong battle against his innermost desires” (TIME.)A native of Ireland, Tóibín grew up in a home where, he once said, there was “a great deal of silence.” He has since made a career of talking to the world through his many writings across multiple genres. In each form, Tóibín skillfully crafts emotionally resonant character studies that take readers around the world while meditating on the universal longing we share for home. For his celebrated contributions to literature over the past thirty years, he has been honored with the PEN award, a Costa Book Award, and the Rathbones Folio Prize.Colm Tóibín is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University, and the reigning Laureate for Irish Fiction, as bestowed by the Arts Council of Ireland, having been described by the council as “remarkably talented and prolific, full of warmth and enthusiasm.” Tóibín’s latest works include the book of essays A Guest at the Feast, and his first book of poetry, Vinegar Hill.During his special visit to Danville's Rakestraw Books on Sunday, 5 May 2024 at 10:30 AM (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!), Colm Tóibín will be sharing his new novel, Long Island, a companion to Brooklyn. This evening will include lots of time for audience questions and a book signing.Your ticket price will be applied towards your purchase of Long Island from Rakestraw Books.

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