Colm Toibin, Brooklyn

Annale Annabac.com : Colm Toibin, Brooklyn . Ce document s'adresse en particulier aux élèves de terminale ES, terminale S pour les révisions en Anglais. Il correspond au thème Conflits (expansion coloniale, guerre froide, émeutes raciales, ...) du programme de Anglais en terminale ES, terminale S.

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Document   Father Flood was tall; his accent was a mixture of Irish and American. Nothing he said could convince Eilis's mother that she had known him or his family. His mother, he said, had been a Rochford. "I don't think I knew her," her mother said. "The only Rochford we knew was old Hatchethead." Father Flood looked at her solemnly. "Hatchethead was my uncle," he said. "Was he?" her mother asked. Eilis saw how close she was to nervous laughter. "But of course we didn't call him that," Father Flood said. "His real name was Seamus." ...