The Master

The first novel by Colm Tóibín in Russian, by the well-known author of “The Magician” and “Dublin,” became a Booker Prize finalist and won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The book explores the inner world of Henry James, an outstanding artist and a precursor of modernism. The novel portrays his vulnerability and loneliness—from the failure of his play in London to his stay in the English town of Rye. It depicts key moments in the life of this famous writer, who chose to live in Europe despite his roots in Boston. Critics call this novel a “quiet masterpiece” and a work of “craft seriousness and shared feeling.”