{"product_id":"a-long-winter-9781668212714","title":"A Long Winter","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, one of Colm Tóibín's finest short stories and \"the most striking example of Tóibin's emotional control\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"A Long Winter,\" is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain--includes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his military service. His younger brother, Jordi, will be departing for his service a week after Miquel's arrival. He will be gone for two years. Miquel notices their mother's increasingly erratic behavior and understands that she is drinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she becomes increasingly unstable, her husband resorts to drastic measures. Unable to abide his betrayal and her own grief, she walks off into the mountains. A blizzard sets in and the search for her is futile. No one will find her until the spring thaw arrives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous story of loss, grief, and longing, \"A Long Winter\" describes an extraordinary bond between a mother and son and a haunting portrait of a family in crisis. Tóibín's powers of imagination and transfixing emotional insight are on full display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668212714","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44328632778797,"sku":"9781668212714","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_91b06c1e-f2d0-4c93-942b-6691dd45e033.jpg?v=1762745339","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/a-long-winter-9781668212714","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}