{"product_id":"new-ways-to-kill-your-mother-writers-and-their-families-9781451668568","title":"New Ways to Kill Your Mother: Writers and Their Families","description":"\u003cb\u003eNovelist and critic Colm Tóibín provides \"a fascinating exploration of writers and their families\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an excellent guide through the dark terrain of unconscious desires\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e) in this brilliant collection of essays that explore the relationships of writers to their families and their work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColm Tóibín--celebrated both for his award-winning fiction and his provocative book reviews and essays--traces the intriguing, often twisted family ties of writers in the books they leave behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through the relationship between W. B. Yeats and his father, Thomas Mann and his children, Jane Austen and her aunts, and Tennessee Williams and his sister, Tóibín examines a world of relations, richly comic or savage in their implications. Acutely perceptive and imbued with rare tenderness and wit, \u003ci\u003eNew Ways to Kill Your Mother \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating look at writers' most influential bonds and a secret key to understanding and enjoying their work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-664734\"\u003eColm Toibin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451668568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451668562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT007000\"\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Reading\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Nora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45799580205231,"sku":"9781451668568","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_013d05c2-ff4c-4748-997f-c152a1edfca1.jpg?v=1755676066","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/new-ways-to-kill-your-mother-writers-and-their-families-9781451668568","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}