Nora Webster

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Nora Webster
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AuthorColm Tóibín
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherScribner
Publication date
October 7, 2014
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
ISBN9781439138335

Nora Webster is a historical novel by Colm Tóibín, published October 7, 2014 by Scribner.

Reception[]

Nora Webster is a New York Times best seller.[1]

The book received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews[1] and Booklist,[2] as well as positive reviews from Publishers Weekly[3] and Shelf Awareness.[4]

Kirkus called Nora Webster "[a] novel of mourning, healing and awakening," noting that "its plainspoken eloquence never succumbs to the sentimentality its heroine would reject."[1]

The audiobook, narrated by Fiona Shaw, received positive reviews from Booklist[5] and Library Journal.[6]

Kirkus Reviews named Nora Webster one of the best fiction novels of the year.[1]

Awards for Nora Webster
Year Award Result Ref.
2014 Booklist Editors' Choice for Adult Fiction Selection [7]
Costa Book Award for Novel Nominee [8]
Eason Novel of the Year Shortlist [9]
2015 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Shortlist [10][11][12]
Folio Prize Shortlist [13]
Hawthornden Prize Winner [14]
2016 Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee [15]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Nora Webster". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Hooper, Brad (August 2014). "Nora Webster". Booklist. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín. Scribner, $27 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3833-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. ^ Krocker McKeon, Cheryl (2014-10-21). "Nora Webster". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Nora Webster". Booklist. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Knapp, Mary (2015-01-01). "Nora Webster". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2014". Booklist. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Brown, Mark (2014-11-18). "Costa 2014 book awards shortlist includes first novel by ex-Mormon". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Sussler, Betsy (2014-11-03). "Awards: Irish Book; Banff Mountain". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Ott, Bill (2015-04-06). "Shortlist Announced for the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Fiction and Nonfiction". Booklist. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Morales, Macey (2015-04-08). "ALA unveils shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "BEA 2015: Shortlist for the Carnegie Medals". PublishersWeekly.com. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Brown, Mark (2015-03-23). "Akhil Sharma wins Folio prize for fiction". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Colm Tóibín scoops Hawthornden Literature Prize". RTE. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Nora Webster". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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