A Long Winter, Colm Toibin
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A powerful and intimate story of family, grief, and endurance, A Long Winter showcases Colm Tóibín at his finest—spare, compassionate, and unflinchingly human.
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A Long Winter
Hardcover – November 11, 2025
by Colm Tóibín
From the acclaimed author of Brooklyn and Long Island comes one of Colm Tóibín’s most haunting works—now available for the first time as a standalone edition, featuring a new afterword by the author.
Set in a remote Catalonian village high in the Pyrenees, A Long Winter follows a family pushed to the breaking point by isolation, grief, and love. When young Miquel returns home after military service, he finds his mother drinking heavily and growing increasingly unstable. Her despair—and her husband’s desperate response—lead her to walk out into the mountains just as a blizzard descends. Days turn into weeks as Miquel and his family search in vain, waiting for spring’s thaw to bring both revelation and heartbreak.
Tóibín’s masterful control of tone and atmosphere transforms this simple tale into something transcendent: a quiet, devastating meditation on loss, guilt, and the fragile ties that bind us together.
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