The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín Episode 33: 'The Alternatives' by Caoilinn Hughes

The October Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Caoilinn Hughes about her novel ‘The Alternatives’. “Caoilinn Hughes’s novel deals with the lives of four brilliant sisters, lives that have been deeply scarred by the death of their parents. As Hernan Diaz has written, this is ‘a tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species… in a prose full of gorgeous surprises…glows with intelligence, compassion, and beauty.’” — Colm Tóibín Learn more about the Art of Reading Book Club and the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme:

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The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín Episode 33: 'The Alternatives' by Caoilinn Hughes is an episode from The Arts Council Podcast by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

This episode is 00:46:01 long.

This episode was published on Oct 31, 2024.

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