Colm Toibin's interviews
In this interview with the Washington Post, Colm Toibin discusses his inspiration for the novel Brooklyn and the parallels between Eilish and the "single interesting consciousness of a very intelligent but powerful woman...", he also discusses the importance of the time his female characters spend alone, after key events, in time that is, "inward, reflective" and then describes, "a vulnerable, sensitive intelligent woman, watching the world with a sense of unease."
