Mothers and Sons: Stories - Softcover

"It's truly remarkable that a writer of Toibin's great felicity, immense seriousness and general large awareness -- a writer so naturally gifted as a novelist -- can deliver short stories of such subtle empathy and brilliance. He's dazzling."
-- Richard Ford

"Tóibín is a subtle, intelligent and deeply felt writer."

-- The Guardian

"Tóibín is a writer of extraordinary emotional clarity....These are beautiful stories, beautifully crafted."

-- Literary Review (uk)

A sequence of nine short works by the award-winning author of The Master explores the intricate bonds between mothers and sons as reflected at pivotal junctures that shift the way each sees and understands the other, from a famous singer's performance for an audience that includes her son to a son's search for his oppressed mother through snow-covered mountains. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.