The Empty Family: Stories

On the heels of his breakout success, the bestselling and award-winning novel Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín returns with a stunning collection of new stories.

In the breathtaking long story “The Street,” Tóibín imagines a relationship between Pakistani workers in Barcelona — a taboo affair in a community ruled by obedience and silence. In “Two Women,” an eminent and taciturn Irish set designer takes a job in her homeland, and must confront emotions she has long repressed. “Silence” is a brilliant historical set piece about Lady Gregory, who tells the writer Henry James a confessional story at a dinner party.

Silence —

The empty family —

Two women —

One minus one —

The pearl fishers —

Barcelona, 1975 —

The new Spain —

The colour of shadows —

The street

• Author
• Colm Tóibín

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 275

• Publisher
• Scribner

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781439138328

• Genres
• fiction, ireland, lgbt, contemporary, queer, literature

• Release date
• 2011