{"product_id":"a-long-winter-hardcover","title":"A Long Winter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColm Toibin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tóibín's finest short stories and \"the most striking example of Tóibin's emotional control\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"A Long Winter,\" is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain--includes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his military service. His younger brother, Jordi, will be departing for his service a week after Miquel's arrival. He will be gone for two years. Miquel notices their mother's increasingly erratic behavior and understands that she is drinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she becomes increasingly unstable, her husband resorts to drastic measures. Unable to abide his betrayal and her own grief, she walks off into the mountains. A blizzard sets in and the search for her is futile. No one will find her until the spring thaw arrives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous story of loss, grief, and longing, \"A Long Winter\" describes an extraordinary bond between a mother and son and a haunting portrait of a family in crisis. Tóibín's powers of imagination and transfixing emotional insight are on full display.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Costa Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eNora Webster, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022-2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52722190549299,"sku":"9781668212714","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VQXOBhrA2O9781668212714.webp?v=1763646977","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-long-winter-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}