TY - BOOK AU - Tóibín,Colm TI - The empty family: stories SN - 143913832X PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Families KW - Fiction KW - Home KW - Short stories KW - gsafd N1 - Silence --; The empty family --; Two women --; One minus one --; The pearl fishers --; Barcelona, 1975 --; The new Spain --; The colour of shadows --; The street N2 - 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 ER -