A Guest at the Feast: Essays ~ SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED FIRST/FIRST
by Toibin, Colm
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- 1476785201
- ISBN 13
- 9781476785202
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SIGNED, DATED, AND LOCATED... First edition. Hard cover. Scribner Book Company (2023) New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed and dated by the author to the title page "Darien 01-24-23." during appearance in CT immediately following the book's release. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. First edition, first printing, full number line. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many years of worry free reading/collecting. Photos available upon request.
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub and The Millions!
From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a "not to be missed" (LitHub) collection of eleven essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature.
"IT ALL STARTED WITH MY BALLS." So begins Colm Tóibín's fabulously compelling essay, laced with humor, about his diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Tóibín survives, but he has entered, as he says, "the age of one ball." The second essay in this seductive collection is a memoir about growing up in the 1950s and '60s in the small town of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, the setting for many of Tóibín's novels and stories, including Brooklyn, The Blackwater Lightship, and Nora Webster. Tóibín describes his education by priests, several of whom were condemned years later for abuse. He writes about Irish history and literature, and about the long, tragic journey toward legal and social acceptance of homosexuality.
In Part Two, Tóibín profiles three complex and vexing popes—John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. And in Part Three, he writes about a trio of authors who reckon with religion in their fiction. The final essay, "Alone in Venice," is a gorgeous account of Tóibín's journey, at the height of the pandemic, to the beloved city where he has set some of his most dazzling scenes. The streets, canals, churches, and museums were empty. He had them to himself, an experience both haunting and exhilarating.
"A tantalizing glimpse into Tóibín's full fictional powers," (The Sunday Times, London) A Guest at the Feast is both an intimate encounter with a supremely creative artist and a glorious celebration of writing.
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- Title
- A Guest at the Feast: Essays ~ SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED FIRST/FIRST
- Author
- Toibin, Colm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hardcover Signed
- ISBN 10
- 1476785201
- ISBN 13
- 9781476785202
- Publisher
- Scribner Book Company
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Essays; Ireland; Literary; Literary Collections; Taoibain, Colm, signed, collectible, autographed
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