LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann (book trailer)
In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is ...
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Nonsuch Book: let the great world spin by colum mccann
Readers tend to fall within two camps in their reactions to Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. Much the same positions that New Yorkers in the book divided into as they watched Philippe Petit go out for a walk on a very thin wire stretched between the two towers of the World Trade Center - most hoping that he succeeds and some willing him... Will the reader accept the large picture of the novel drawn upon a backdrop of an iconic city, with its ties to 9/11. When open, the symbolism of a suspended walk that ties the ends of the city together as it swings out from a central and developed position near the spine becomes apparent. The grandiosity of the gesture, both the walk and the authorial assumption of such weighted material, invites skepticism. When closed, you see a sketch of a fragment of a city, from the front a tight rope walker with a destination but not an origin in sight. It is admittedly an obvious symbolism but that is perhaps intentional. But I love this book....
Donoghue's much-acclaimed novel Room, shortlisted for this year's Man Booker prize, will vie with McCann's Let the Great World Spin , winner of last year's
Upcoming book selections include Annette Atkins' "Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out" and Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin.
