The Master -- Colm Toibin

<b>"Colm T ib n's beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James's inner life" (<i>The New York Times</i>) captures the loneliness and hope of a master of psychological subtlety whose forays into intimacy inevitably fail those he tried to love.</b> <p/>Beautiful and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America's first intellectual families who leaves his country in the late nineteenth century to live in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London among privileged artists and writers. With stunningly resonant prose, "The Master is unquestionably the work of a first-rate novelist: artful, moving, and very beautiful" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>). The emotional intensity of this portrait is riveting.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Colm Toibin<br><b>Publisher:</b> Scribner Book Company<br><b>Published:</b> 05/03/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 338<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.65lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780743250412<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 05/01/2005 pg. 77<br><i>New York Times</i> 05/08/2005 pg. 28<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Colm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including <i>The Master</i>, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; <i>Brooklyn</i>, winner of the Costa Book Award; <i>The Testament of Mary</i>; and<i> Nora Webster</i>, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of