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Colm Toibin Sees the ‘Origin of All Civil Wars’ in this Greek Tragedy
Written by Colm Tóibín
Narrated by Colm Tóibín and Jeffrey Brown
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In the new novel House of Names, one of today's leading contemporary writers looks back to the Trojan War and Greek mythology for inspiration. Colm Toibin joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why he wanted to write a novel about a family drama in ancient Greece and the connection to civil wars in our own time.
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Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
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