A Globe & Mail 100 Selection "One story is all stories," says Colum McCann, author of the award-winning Let the Great World Spin In his remarkable new novel, Colum McCann masterfully reaches across the centuries to braid together three unforgettable stories. In 1845, Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling around him. In 1919, two brave young airmen emerge from the carnage of World War I to pilot the first transatlantic ...
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A Globe & Mail 100 Selection "One story is all stories," says Colum McCann, author of the award-winning Let the Great World Spin In his remarkable new novel, Colum McCann masterfully reaches across the centuries to braid together three unforgettable stories. In 1845, Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling around him. In 1919, two brave young airmen emerge from the carnage of World War I to pilot the first transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the west of Ireland. And in 1998 an American senator criss-crosses the ocean in search of a lasting peace in Ireland. Taking these stories as his point of departure, Colum McCann weaves together the lives of Douglass, Alcock and Brown and Senator George Mitchell in a tapestry that is both ambitious and unforgettable.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First Canadian edition first printing of this stand alone novel. In fine / fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade.
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This is a good book, especially for people interested in Ireland and the Irish-American connection. It didn't knock my socks off and leave me gasping as "Let the Great World Spin" did. But it was interesting and I'm glad I read it.
I liked some parts more than others. Frederick Douglass's visit to Ireland and its reverberations are very cool. The four generations of women thing works well to connect historical periods. I wasn't crazy about the airplane part or the George Mitchell part but it's probably a matter of taste
