Discover The News from Dublin, a beautiful and acclaimed collection of short stories from bestselling author Colm Tóibín, known for Brooklyn and Long Island. This volume delves into the lives of individuals living far from home, exploring themes of great longing, distance from past selves, and the quiet power of private struggles.

• Features tales of quiet power and profound human experience.
• Explores lives marked by longing and distance from past realities.
• Includes stories of an Irishman seeking anonymity in Barcelona, a woman hearing of her son's death in WWI, and an undocumented worker leaving San Francisco.
• The author is praised as the "consummate cartographer of the private self."

• A woman in Galway reacting to the death of her son during the First World War.
• An Irishman haunted by past crimes while living in Barcelona.
• A young woman pregnant during the Spanish Civil War.
• Three sisters returning to Catalonia after living in Argentina.

This is the Main Market edition presented in a durable hardcover format.

• Author: Colm Tóibín
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 272 pages
• Publication Date: March 26, 2026
• Publisher: Picador
• ISBN-10: 103503073X
• ISBN-13: 978-1035030736
• Dimensions: 145 x 26 x 228mm (14.5 x 2.6 x 22.8 cm)
• Weight: 380 g
• Reading Age: 18 years and up

Experience the complete command of craft celebrated by critics in this essential collection of short stories from Colm Tóibín.