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Brooklyn is a 2009 novel by Irish author Colm Tóibín. It won the 2009 Costa Novel Award, was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award and was longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "The 10 best historical novels". [1]
Brooklyn is a 2015 romantic period drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín.A co-production between the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada, it stars Saoirse Ronan in the lead role, with Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, and Julie Walters in supporting roles.
2009: Costa Novel Award, for Brooklyn [54] 2010: Awarded the 38th annual AWB Vincent American Ireland Fund Literary Award [47] 2011: International Dublin Literary Award shortlist, for Brooklyn [55] 2011: Irish PEN Award, for contribution to Irish literature [39] 2011: Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist, for The Empty ...
Colm Tóibín knows a thing or two about Irish novels; he's written 11 of them himself, including, most recently, Oprah's 105th Book Club pick, Long Island.
Pages in category "Irish novels adapted into films" ... Brooklyn (novel) The Butcher Boy (novel) C. Carmilla; Catholics (novel) Circle of Friends (novel) Cirque du Freak;
Brooklyn is a 2015 historical drama film directed by John Crowley.Writer Nick Hornby adapted the screenplay from Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name.The plot follows Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish woman who emigrates to Brooklyn to find employment.
Last Exit to Brooklyn – Hubert Selby (1964) Brendan Behan's New York – Brendan Behan (1964) A Singular Man – J. P. Donleavy (1964) An American Dream – Norman Mailer (1964) The Warriors (Yurick novel) – Sol Yurick (1965) The Doorbell Rang – Rex Stout (1965) The Fortunate Pilgrim – Mario Puzo (1965) Make Room! Make Room! – Harry ...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film that marked the debut of Elia Kazan as a dramatic film director. Adapted by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis from the 1943 novel by Betty Smith, the film focuses on an impoverished but aspirational, second-generation Irish-American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in the early 20th century.