The empty family : stories /
Colm Tóibín.
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- New York : Scribner, 2011.
- 275 p. ; 23 cm.
Silence -- The empty family -- Two women -- One minus one -- The pearl fishers -- Barcelona, 1975 -- The new Spain -- The colour of shadows -- The street.
A collection of short fiction includes "The Street," in which Pakistani workers in Barcelona pursue a taboo affair; and "Two Women," in which a taciturn Irish set designer confronts repressed emotions while working in her homeland.