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Vinegar Hill

By: Colm Tóibín
Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
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Winner of the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2021

From the highly acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín's first collection of poetry explores sexuality, religion and belonging through a modern lens.

Fans of Colm Tóibín's novels, including The Magician, The Master and Nora Webster, will relish the opportunity to re-encounter Tóibín in verse. Vinegar Hill explores the liminal space between private experiences and public events as Tóibín examines a wide range of subjects—politics, queer love, reflections on literary and artistic greats, living through COVID, memory and a fading past, and facing mortality.

The poems reflect a life well-travelled and well-lived; from growing up in the town of Enniscorthy, wandering the streets of Dublin and Barcelona, and crossing the bridges of Venice to visiting the White House, listeners will travel through familiar locations and new destinations through Tóibín's unique lens.

Within this rich collection of poems written over the course of several decades, shot through with keen observation, emotion and humor, Tóibín offers us lines and verses to provoke, ponder and cherish.
©2022 Colm Tóibín (P)2022 Carcanet Press
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Utterly, utterly beautiful

These lovely poems are read by the poet himself. So tenderly; cognisant of love, loneliness, desire and loss. His voice moves me to tears - I embrace him by attending to him, closely.

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Nicely read but could do with titles

Meaningfully read by Colm Toibin and worth repeated plays. But why couldn’t they put in the title of each poem rather than chapter numbers? Makes it very difficult to go back to certain titles.

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