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Brooklyn

By: Colm Tóibín
Narrated by: Stine Gyldenkerne
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 Irland i 50'erne: Den unge pige Eilis bor sammen med sin mor og søster i en lille by, hvor der er meget langt til resten af verden. Faren er død, og pengene er små. Storesøsteren arbejder hårdt om dagen og spiller golf om aftenen. Her møder Eilis en praest, som er hjemme på besøg fra New York, og som lover at skaffe Eilis et job "over there". Efter en hård overfart til Amerika møder den lidt sky og tilbageholdende pige den nye verden, Brooklyn og New York. I Brooklyn flytter Eilis ind i et pensionat for irske piger og begynder at arbejde bag disken i en paen tøjforretning. Efterhånden finder hun sig til rette på jobbet, og hendes hjemve aftager i takt med at hun begiver sig laengere og laengere ud i den store by. Hun påbegynder et aftenskolekursus i bogføring og møder en ung mand af italiensk afstamning, Tony, med hvem hun lever det søde liv - danser, går i biografen, ser baseball-kampe og tager på stranden om sommeren. Da hun pludselig bliver kaldt til begravelse hjemme i Irland, er hun allerede langt mere forandret end hun selv ved af. Mødet med den gamle verden viser hende, hvor moden og selvstaendig hun er blevet af at stå på egne ben i storbyen langt vaek fra det enkle landsbyliv i Irland. Hun befinder sig i et dilemma: Skal hun slå sig ned i Irland hvor hun egentlig "hører til" og har sine rødder - og hvor en ung, velanset mand gerne vil giftes med hende - eller skal hun tage tilbage til Amerika og en fremtid sammen med Tony?©2015 SAGA Egmont (P)2015 SAGA Egmont Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction

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Skarp psykologisk indsigt og praecist tidsbillede går hånd i hånd i romanen "Brooklyn" om en irsk piges udvandring til New York i 1950'erne.
--Kristeligt Dagblad

Colm Tóibín har en fornem evne til i rolige strøg at skildre en ung kvindes modning med fokus på den naere, stilfaerdige og ofte sanselige verden - hvor badedragtens snit og virkning betyder noget, både med et mandligt og kvindeligt blik.
Sammenkaedningen af de naere iagttagelser og det store perspektiv er overbevisende og ført med megetsikker hånd.
--5 stjerner, Berlingske

Colm Tóibíns fortaelling om irske tilflyttere i 1950'ernes New York emmer af bittersød nostalgi og formfuldendt skrivekunst.
--Jyllands Posten

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was in Gaelic

Couldn't understand the book as it was in Gaelic. waste of money. couldn't have advertised book was in English.

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Book is not in English and is not stated that it is not in English

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Not spoken in English

Did not realise this book was on Gaelic and not English! Waste of money. Disappointed.

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