The empty family : stories /
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
The empty family : stories / Colm Tóibín. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2011. - 275 p. ; 23 cm.
Silence -- The empty family -- Two women -- One minus one -- The pearl fishers -- Barcelona, 1975 -- The new Spain -- The colour of shadows -- The street.
A collection of short fiction includes "The Street," in which Pakistani workers in Barcelona pursue a taboo affair; and "Two Women," in which a taciturn Irish set designer confronts repressed emotions while working in her homeland.
143913832X 1439149836 (ebook) 9781439138328 9781439149836 (ebook)
2010032931
Families--Fiction.
Home--Fiction.
Short stories.
The empty family : stories / Colm Tóibín. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2011. - 275 p. ; 23 cm.
Silence -- The empty family -- Two women -- One minus one -- The pearl fishers -- Barcelona, 1975 -- The new Spain -- The colour of shadows -- The street.
A collection of short fiction includes "The Street," in which Pakistani workers in Barcelona pursue a taboo affair; and "Two Women," in which a taciturn Irish set designer confronts repressed emotions while working in her homeland.
143913832X 1439149836 (ebook) 9781439138328 9781439149836 (ebook)
2010032931
Families--Fiction.
Home--Fiction.
Short stories.