The Resource Let the great world spin, Colum McCann
Let the great world spin, Colum McCann
- Summary
- A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 575 p. (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781602857643
- Label
- Let the great world spin
- Title
- Let the great world spin
- Statement of responsibility
- Colum McCann
- Subject
-
- Judges' spouses -- Fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949- -- Fiction
- Tightrope walking -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Irish -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949-
- Large type books
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher's description
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- Title
- Let the great world spin
- Summary
- In a tale set in Manhattan of 1974, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers is separated by personal differences in spite of shared grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth by soliciting men at the side of her teenage daughter
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2010.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2009.
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2011.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2009.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 305993
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6063.C335
- LC item number
- L47 2010
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Colum McCann
- Label
- Let the great world spin, Colum McCann
- Related Authorities
-
- Fiction
- Immigrants
- Traffic accidents
- Poor women
- Literary fiction
- Hope
- Teenage mothers
- Large type books
- Rich women
- Grief
- New York (N.Y.)
- Petit, Philippe, 1949-
- Judges' spouses
- New York City
- New York (State)
- Nineteen seventies
- Irish in New York City
- Redemption
- New York
- Tightrope walking
- Courage
- Prostitutes
- Priests
- Historical fiction
- Psychological fiction
- City life
- Irish
- Related Subjects
-
- Judges' spouses -- Fiction
- Literary fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949- -- Fiction
- Tightrope walking -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Historical fiction
- New York City
- Traffic accidents
- Rich women
- Irish -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Priests
- Prostitutes
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Hope
- Large type books
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Tightrope walking
- City life
- Irish in New York City
- Grief -- Fiction
- Grief
- Courage
- Poor women
- Redemption
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
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- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
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- Extent
- 575 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781602857643
- Isbn Type
- (library binding : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010003380
- Note
- cat55
- System control number
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- ocn502158879
- (OCoLC)502158879
Subject
- Grief -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Irish -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Judges' spouses -- Fiction
- Large type books
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949-
- Petit, Philippe, 1949- -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- Tightrope walking -- Fiction
- City life
- Courage
- Grief
- Historical fiction
- Hope
- Irish in New York City
- Literary fiction
- New York City
- Poor women
- Priests
- Prostitutes
- Redemption
- Rich women
- Tightrope walking
- Traffic accidents
Genre
Member of
- ALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2010
- Booklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2009
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- National Book Awards: Fiction
- New York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2009
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Awards
Awards of Let the great world spin, Colum McCann- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2010.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2009.
- Award
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2011.
- Award
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2009.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
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