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Brooklyn (2015): Film vs Book
Film · 2015 · Directed by John Crowley · Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson
About the film
An Irish girl emigrates to New York and has to decide where she belongs.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookIt keeps the book's quiet tone and its main choices, with some small scenes added or shortened.
Read or watch first?
The novel gives you more of the heroine's inner calm and her homesickness.
What the book gives you
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
A quiet, beautifully told story of love and belonging that feels warm and true.
Who will like it: Readers who like gentle, moving stories about leaving home and finding a place.