Mothers and Sons : Stories (Paperback)

from yooperprof

"A boy's best friend is his mother," covered in a variety of ways by one of the best Irish writers of our time. Toibin's Ireland is _not_ the "happy Ireland" of the tourist books, but is a mournful place full of Joycian "The Dead-ish" memories. The longest story, "The Long Winter," is set in Fran...

from drpeff

very moving stories

from Bridget770

Toibin's descriptions of Ireland are captivating and really capture the essence. The stories are haunting and admiringly describe/detail the complex parent-child relatiionships. I don't think you need to be a mother or a son to relate.

from Bridget770

Toibin's descriptions of Ireland are captivating and really capture the essence. The stories are haunting and admiringly describe/detail the complex parent-child relatiionships. I don't think you need to be a mother or a son to relate.

from CarltonC

Thoughtful restrained writing about telling moments in the relationships between mothers and sons. For me the early stories were better, with their music backgrounds, and the final story set in Spain did not work for me, but overall a very enjoyable collection.