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Let the great world spin

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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  • "Let the great world spin"
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  • "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."@en
  • "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."
  • "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 August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum McCann's stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people. 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. Corrigan, 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 gather 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. Tillie, a thirty-eight-year-old grandmother, turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Elegantly weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's powerful allegory comes alive in the unforgettable voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century." A sweeping and radical social novel, Let the Great World Spin captures the spirit of America in a time of transition, extraordinary promise, and, in hindsight, heartbreaking innocence. Hailed as a "fiercely original talent" (San Francisco Chronicle), award-winning novelist McCann has delivered a triumphantly American masterpiece that awakens in us a sense of what the novel can achieve, confront, and even heal. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Colum McCann's Transatlantic."@en
  • "In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth."@en
  • "One August morning in 1974, a tightrope walker makes his way, through the dawn light, between the World Trade Center towers. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in this stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people. Corrigan, a radical, young Irish monk, struggles with his demons in the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who have died in Vietnam. Farther uptown, Tillie, a thirty-eight-year-old grandmother, turns tricks alongside her teenaged daughter, determined to take care of her babies and to prove her own worth.</ Hailed as an American masterpiece, McCann's powerful allegory of 9/11 comes alive in the unforgettable voices of these, and other, seemingly disparate characters, drawn together by hope, beauty and the tightrope walker's "artistic crime of the century." McCann's most ambitious work to date, <Let the Great World Spin</ is a triumphant novel.</"@en
  • "Le roman restitue l'effervescence qui régnait à New York dans les années 1970 : scène artistique débridée, libération des moeurs, controverse autour de la guerre du Vietnam, contestation politique, quartiers de non-droit, etc."
  • ""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."@en
  • "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."
  • "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 gather 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 description."@en
  • "A man is walking the sky. The city stands still in awe. Between the newly built. Twin Towers the man is striding twirling and showboating his way through the air."--Page 4 of cover."
  • "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 gather 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 description."@en
  • "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 gather 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 description."
  • "V roman nas uvede vrvohodec, ki se avgusta 1974 v jutranji zarji sprehodi med dvojčkoma Svetovnega trgovinskega centra. Ljudje na Manhattnu nemo obstanejo in nejeverno strmijo v zrak. Zgodba o Philippu Petitu, ki poskakuje, poplesuje in teče po vrvi, razpeti med nebotičnikoma, služi kot metafora za premagovanje neprijetnih situacij, ki nas spremlja v tem romanesknem portretu New Yorka in njegovih prebivalcev v 70-ih. Alegorija posledic 11. septembra."@sl
  • "In de ochtend van 7 augustus 1974 loopt een koorddanser op honderden meters hoogte tussen de twee torens van het WTC in New York."
  • "This extraordinary novel set in New York against a time of sweeping political change, opens with the amazing Twin towers high-wire walk by Philipe Petit in August 1974, an audacious event that will intricately bind the lives of eight desperate people."
  • "Philippe Petit's illicit 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers is the touchstone for stories of the people down below, including an Irish monk living in the Bronx projects, a Park Avenue mother in mourning for her son who died in Vietnam, and a heroin-addicted hooker."
  • "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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  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Irish fiction (English)"
  • "Roman irlandais de langue anglaise"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Adult book club bags"@en
  • "Irské romány (anglicky)"

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  • "I pustʹ vrashchaetsi︠a︡ prekrasnyĭ mir"
  • "Vrti se, veliki svete"
  • "Let the great world spin : novel"
  • "Let the great world spin"@en
  • "Let the great world spin"
  • "Die große Welt Roman"
  • "Et que le vaste monde poursuive sa course folle"
  • "转吧, 这伟大的世界"
  • "Let the Great World Spin"@en
  • "Người đi dây : tiểu thuyết"
  • "Naj se širni svet vrti"@sl
  • "Die grosse Welt : Roman"
  • "讓美好世界轉動"
  • "Yistovev lo ha-ʻolam ha-gadol"
  • "Que el vasto mundo siga girando"
  • "Que el vasto mundo siga girando"@es
  • "Zhuan ba, zhe wei da de shi jie"
  • "И пусть вращается прекрасный мир"
  • "Que el món no pari de rodar"
  • "Que el món no pari de rodar"@ca
  • "I pust' vrashchaetsia prekrasnyi mir"
  • "יסתובב לו העולם הגדול"
  • "Let the great world spin : a novel"@en
  • "Let the great world spin : a novel"
  • "Die grosse Welt Roman"
  • "Neka se veliki svijet vrti"
  • "Co svět světem stojí"
  • "Goana nebună a lumii"
  • "Rang mei hao shi jie zhuan dong"
  • "Laat de aarde draaien"
  • "Zhuan ba, zhe wei da de shi jie = Let the great world spin"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Questo bacio vada al mondo intero"@it
  • "Questo bacio vada al mondo intero"
  • "转吧, 这伟大的世界 = Let the great world spin"
  • "Let the great world spin a novel"@en
  • "Let the great world spin a novel"

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