· Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Tim Adams is dazzled by the reckless skill of Colum McCann's new novel, set on the day of Philippe Petit's Twin Towers high-wire walkEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Click here to download it. An American masterpiece from internationally bestselling novelist Colum McCann—a dazzling and hauntingly rich vision of the loveliness, pain, and mystery of New York City in the s In the dawning light of the late summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August, , and a tightrope walker is running, Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Let the Great World Spin is a polyphonic novel, which means that it is written from multiple different perspectives, ultimately following a large cast of characters. Unconcerned with forging a linear storyline, the book loosely centers itself around Philippe Petit ’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers on August 7, , though not all of the stories directly relate to this event.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. Tim Adams is dazzled by the reckless skill of Colum McCann's new novel, set on the day of Philippe Petit's Twin Towers high-wire walk. Buy Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 9 editions - starting at $ Shop now. Let the Great World Spin is Colum McCann's attempt to respond to and perhaps reframe the personal, national, and global grief over the attacks on the Twin Towers on Septem. When the Towers fell, McCann's father-in-law, who worked on the fifty-ninth floor of the north tower, made it out of the building safely even as the other.
Let the Great World Spin is McCann’s opus that won the National Book Award in Although set on August 7, , the novel, which features the Twin Towers front and center, is McCann’s way of grieving the terrorist attacks of The great world of New York City spun before and would keep spinning afterward. Let the Great World Spin is a polyphonic novel, which means that it is written from multiple different perspectives, ultimately following a large cast of characters. Unconcerned with forging a linear storyline, the book loosely centers itself around Philippe Petit ’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers on August 7, , though not all of the stories directly relate to this event. A sweeping and radical social novel, Let the Great World Spin captures the spirit of America in a time of transition, extraordinary promise, and, in hindsight, heartbreaking innocence. Hailed as a “fiercely original talent” (San Francisco Chronicle), award-winning novelist McCann has delivered a triumphantly American masterpiece that awakens in us a sense of what the novel can achieve, confront, and even heal.
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