HarperCollins Canada, Jun 1, 2010 - Fiction - 544 pages. It is also a reflection of the times we live in now with its examination of faith, art, love and belonging. An ambitious and complex novel set in New York in 1974. Please see your welcome email for exclusions and details. All the other people can look up (and are obsessed with looking up, in fact, which is totally beyond my comprehension since I have to stare intently at my feet), so what’s with me? Phillipe Petit's astonishing 1974 walk between the Twin Towers forms the centrepiece of the story, and in its shadow the lives of several characters intersect in surprising and intricate ways. We are on a boat going to Ellis Island and she is smiling, giddy, the Manhattan skyline in the background. Free pickup in-store, For your convenience, we have extended our Returns policy until Feb. 21. Each chapter tells the story of a different character, and it gradually becomes clear that they are much more linked than seems the case early on. [McCann’s]… sentences enact that bit of magic that allows you to forget they are there at all, so much so that the novel slips between first and third person as if pouring water from a … At one point he started to talk about plot and then broke off mid-sentence and said, "Forget it. Because I wrote the American sequel to 'Ulysses' and its humble plot follows naturally from James Joyce and Homer." Each life is rendered as individually as a sky walker silhouetted against the heavens, yet each is connected to another like the ends of the rope. Oh god, don’t make me look up! June 23rd 2009 In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Col. It turns out to be a masterpiece literary novel. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Let the Great World Spin (the 2009 National Book Award winner) is such a book. 45 likes. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Preserve it. I used to really enjoy short story collections. ― Colum McCann, quote from Let the Great World Spin “Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't.” ― Colum McCann, quote from Let the Great World Spin “I know already that I will return to this day whenever I want to. To see what your friends thought of this book, [ Plot is juvenile." Producer J.J. Abrams . This one never quite got off the page for me. So richly and deeply are McCa. Director — Screenwriter . Further uptown, Tillie, a 38-year-old grandmother, turns tricks alongside her teenaged daughter, determined not only to take care of her "babies" but to prove her own worth. All the other people can look up (and are obsessed with looking up, in fact, which is totally beyond my comprehension since I have to stare intently at my feet), so what’s with me? A couple of artists who fled the New York night life. Let the Great World Spin Paperback – 5 July 2010 by Colum McCann (Author) › Visit Amazon's Colum McCann Page. A committed priest too busy looking out for the downtrodden to take care of himself. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Slums. It’s the natural, albeit overused, word for what McCann did so well: tell multiple stories about multiple people with multiple themes, focusing on one point-of-view at a time, but with enough overlap to bind them together. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, HarperCollins, 350 pages, $32.99 Two Irish brothers seem the dominant characters at first. Plus, enjoy 10% off your next online purchase over $50. Production Company. The cold heart of winter is traditionally the time to curl up with a blanket, a book, and a roaring fire. I was only looking at words in a book, but the image gives me instant vertigo! Let the Great World Spin is the critically acclaimed author’s most ambitious novel yet: a dazzlingly rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. Colum McCann's novel captures the spirit of the place and the people eloquently and movingly, the despair and isolation, the community and the hope. The stories of a disparate group of New Yorkers are linked together by Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between the Twin Towers: a monk working among prostitutes in the Bronx; his brother, newly arrived from Dublin; one of the prositutes; a Park Avenue matron (Claire, p. New York City in 1974 was a run-down, uneasy place, trapped in a spiral of decay. The novel takes place in Boston after the War in Vietnam." 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