TransAtlantic :From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
TransAtlantic :From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
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Published:
24 April, 2014
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2013
'It is, simply, perfect' Irish Examiner
'Majestic' Sunday Times
'Quite simply one of the best, most sustained pieces of fiction I’ve read in some time' Independent
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In 1919 Emily Ehrlich watches as two young airmen, Alcock and Brown, emerge from the carnage of World War One to pilot the very first non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to the west of Ireland.
In 1845 Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling at his feet.
And in 1998 Senator George Mitchell criss-crosses the ocean in search of an elusive Irish peace.
Stitching these stories intricately together, Colum McCann sets out to explore the fine line between what is real and what is imagined, and the tangled skein of connections that make up our lives.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781408841280 |
| ISBN10 | 1408841282 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 227 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 194 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
It is, simply, perfect * Irish Examiner *
Majestic * Sunday Times *
Quite simply one of the best, most sustained pieces of fiction I’ve read in some time ... A novel of true resonance and power * Independent *
His vivid, reactive and heartfelt fiction lives and breathes, sighs and weeps -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
Beautifully hypnotic … Those who can’t see the point of historical novels will find their answer here -- Emma Donoghue, author of Room
A very gifted, charming writer; in full, rhapsodic-onrush mode, he is hard to resist * Guardian *
Beautifully poignant -- Andrew Marr * Mail on Sunday *
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Author's Bio
Colum McCann, originally from Dublin, Ireland, is the author of six novels and two collections of stories. His most recent novel, the New York Times bestseller Let the Great World Spin, won the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and several other major international awards. His fiction has been published in thirty-five languages. He lives in New York.
www.colummccann.com