A GUEST AT THE FEAST
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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TOIBIN COLM
Colm Toibin es autor de diez novelas, entre ellas El mago, ganadora del premio Rathbones Folio; The Master, ganadora del Premio del Libro de Los Angeles Times; Brooklyn, ganadora del Premio Costa Book; The Testament of Mary y Nora Webster, así como dos colecciones de cuentos y varios libros de crítica. Es profesor Irene y Sidney B. Silverman de Humanidades en la Universidad de Columbia y ha sido nombrado ganador de ficción irlandesa para el período 2022-2025 por el Consejo de las Artes de Irlanda. Tres veces nominado al Premio Booker, Toibin vive entre Dublín y Nueva York.
