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4 days ago · Get FREE shipping on The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin, from wordery.com. With AIDS about to claim a well-loved young man, three generations of his family are reunited at his bedside in Ireland, in a novel that explores the nature of love and the complex interrelationships among family members.
6 days ago · Toíbín grew up there himself and it has been the setting for The Heather Blazing (1992), The Blackwater Lightship (1999) and Nora Webster (2014). Eilis is accompanied by her teenaged children.
1 day ago · In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight's Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating ...
2 days ago · Officially known as LV78, the lightship was especially crucial during foggy conditions. Reg Lawrence, a lamplighter, spent two out of every six weeks at home with his family. "There are times when ...
5 days ago · For others, it was the brilliance of a classic novel, the brutal elegance of its prose, or how it turned their understanding of fiction on its head. Here, we asked the Booker Prize 2024 nominees about the books that inspired them to put pen to paper. These are the books that made them want to be a writer – and led them to this year’s longlist.
1 day ago · Wright wasn’t interested in “bridge and tunnel” work, but E.J. convinced Wright to visit Pittsburgh with the prospect of designing a new office above the Kaufmann’s department store and ...
3 days ago · SUMMARY. The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia, is a state-recognized Indigenous tribe located on 263 acres in Courtland at a site called Cattashowrock Town. Their ancestral land was east of the fall line of the James River, along the Nottoway and Blackwater rivers.
