Stanca, Nicoleta2021-01-202021-01-202020-11-302393-174410.18638/dialogo.2020.7.1.2http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4008911This article makes use of the metaphor of the melting pot in order to explain the manner in which patterns of Irish and American identity are illustrated in the popular novel Brooklyn (2009) by Colm Tóibín.eng2020 RCDST. All rights reserved.melting potIrish-AmericanmigrationColm TóibínCultural/intercultural ethicsArticle