Colm Tóibín
Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist and critic, born 30 May 1955 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford. Notable works include The Master (2004) and Brooklyn (2009); his writing often explores themes of family, exile and sexuality.
Books
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1. Der Zauberer
A spare, elegiac fictional biography follows Thomas Mann from his youth in provincial Germany through early fame, marriage and fatherhood, secret desires, and the lonely rigor of his artistic life, exploring how private compromises and public stances—especially his confrontation with rising Nazism and eventual exile—shape both his work and his conscience.