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


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