Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812973992ISBN 13: 9780812973990
Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 8.43
Used offers from US$ 3.99
Also find Softcover First Edition
Published by Harper Perennial, 2010
ISBN 10: 1554684838ISBN 13: 9781554684830
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 13.84
Used offers from US$ 4.00
Also find Softcover
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408800497ISBN 13: 9781408800492
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Airport & Export ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 27.21
Used offers from US$ 4.00
Also find Softcover First Edition
Published by Random House, 2009
ISBN 10: 1400063736ISBN 13: 9781400063734
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 17.40
Used offers from US$ 4.66
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition Signed
Published by Random House, 2009
ISBN 10: 1615239332ISBN 13: 9781615239337
Book
Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 59.00
Used offers from US$ 5.69
Also find Softcover
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2010
ISBN 10: 1408810921ISBN 13: 9781408810927
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 59.00
Used offers from US$ 6.40
Also find Softcover
Published by Random House, 2010
ISBN 10: 1408801183ISBN 13: 9781408801185
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 16.12
Used offers from US$ 6.44
Also find Softcover
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408808684ISBN 13: 9781408808689
Seller: Ammareal, Morangis, France
Book
Softcover. Condition: Très bon. Traces d'usure sur la couverture. Pages cornées. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Signs of wear on the cover. Dog-eared pages. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from US$ 6.57
Published by Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1529027438ISBN 13: 9781529027433
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne. 'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' Colm Toibin As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harboured a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory labourer to get by. In his spare time he visited the cinema, where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of 60s Ireland. He revelled in the theatre and poetry of Dublins streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theatre. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame. Walking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies. Make no mistake about it: this is a masterpiece . . . poetic, moving and very funny Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 21.81
Used offers from US$ 1.12
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition Signed
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Random House, 2009
Seller: Et Al's Read & Unread Books, Wausau, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Near Fine in wraps gently handled. Bright, snug & unmarked trade paperback.
Published by Random House, 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0747597227ISBN 13: 9780747597223
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from US$ 10.06
Also find First Edition Signed
Published by Harper Perennial, 2011
ISBN 10: 1443412317ISBN 13: 9781443412315
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 10.80
Used offers from US$ 10.24
Also find Softcover
Published by Random House Incorporated, 2013
ISBN 10: 1400069599ISBN 13: 9781400069590
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A tale spanning 150 years and two continents reimagines the peace efforts of democracy champion Frederick Douglass, Senator George Mitchell and World War I airmen John Alcock and Teddy Brown through the experiences of four generations of women from a matriarchal clan. By the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from US$ 4.00
Also find First Edition Signed
Published by HarperCollins, 2009
ISBN 10: 155468482XISBN 13: 9781554684823
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 59.00
Used offers from US$ 10.51
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition Signed
Published by Center Point Large Print, 2010
ISBN 10: 1602857644ISBN 13: 9781602857643
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 100.20
Used offers from US$ 10.70
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812973992ISBN 13: 9780812973990
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Used - Very Good. 2009. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.
Published by Editions 10/18, 2010
ISBN 10: 2264052171ISBN 13: 9782264052179
Seller: Aberbroc, Plonévez du Faou, France
Book
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Description : Numéro 4397 dans la collection Domaine étranger. Présentation en quatrième de couverture -- 7 août 1974. Sur une corde tendue entre les Twin Towers s'élance un funambule. Un événement extraordinaire dans la vie de personnes ordinaires. De cette apparition fugace, Colum McCann déroule le vertigineux panorama d'un New York en pleine ébullition : grandes dames de Park avenue, junkies en cavale, curé des rues, prostitués épuisées, mères pleurant la cruauté d'une guerre en Asie tout juste terminée. Une ronde de personnages dont les voix s'entremêlent comme autant de fils tendus sur la course du monde. Porté par le souffle et la grâce de l'écriture, un roman vibrant, poignant, l'histoire d'une humanité qui n'en finit pas de se relever. -- | Titre original : Let the great world spin | Traduction : Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Luc Piningre.
Published by Random House, 2009., 2009
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Very good or better.
Published by Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2011
ISBN 10: 3499248476ISBN 13: 9783499248474
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
Book First Edition
Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Condition: Gut. Taschenbucherstausgabe. 537 (7) Seiten. 19 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: any.way, Cathrin Günther. Guter Zustand. Obere vordere Buchecke minimal gestaucht. Aus dem Klappentext: 'Keiner, der über New York schrieb, ist jemals tiefer eingetaucht und höher aufgestiegen.' Frank McCourt Im Jahr 1974 sind die Menschen in New York müde von Richard Nixon und dem Vietnamkrieg. Sie haben auch so schon Probleme genug in einer Stadt des ewigen Überlebenskampfes. Am Morgen eines schönen Augustsommertags starren die Passanten in Lower Manhattan daher ungläubig zu den Twin Towers hinauf. Fast einen halben Kilometer über ihnen läuft, springt und tanzt ein Hochseilartist - ein schwebender Moment von absoluter Freiheit und künstlerischem Triumph. Doch unten in den Straßen geht das Leben weiter, für die Armen und die Reichen, die Sorglosen und die Unglücklichen Ausgezeichnet mit dem National Book Award. - Colum McCann (* 28. Februar 1965 in Dublin) ist ein irischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Drehbuchautor. Leben: McCann studierte Journalismus am Dublin Institute of Technology und arbeitete eine Zeitlang als Reporter, bevor er in die USA ging, dort in verschiedenen Berufen arbeitete, 1992 heiratete und für anderthalb Jahre nach Japan zog. 1994 veröffentlichte er seine dort entstandene erste Kurzgeschichtensammlung, die sofort sehr erfolgreich war. Dieser Schriftsteller hat eine philanthropische Persönlichkeit. Er ist Mitbegründer und langjähriger Präsident/Geschäftsführer von Narrative 4, einer 2012 entstandenen und mittlerweile weltweit aktiven Non-Profit-Organisation für die Hinführung Jugendlicher zum eigenen Schreiben und Geschichtenerzählen. Zuvor war er aktiv im PEN America, im American Ireland Fund, in der New York Public Library, der Norman Mailer Colony und dem Zentrum für kreatives Schreiben namens Fighting Words, das Roddy Doyle ins Leben rief. Seine Romane und Biografien befassen sich eher mit Ausschnitten der Wirklichkeit als mit Fiktionen, diese werden aber sehr vertieft durch Ausleuchten verschiedenartigster Facetten. So in Der Tänzer (2003) über Rudolf Nurejew, so in TransAtlantic (2013) über die ersten Transatlantikflieger Alcock und Brown, so in Let the Great World Spin (2009) über den Seiltänzer Philippe Petit. Der 2020 sowohl im englischsprachigen Original als auch in deutscher Übersetzung herausgekommene Doku-Roman Apeirogon handelt von zwei Vätern, einem Israeli und einem Palästinenser, die beide ein Kind im Nahostkonflikt verloren haben, indes aus tieferer Einsicht auf Rache verzichten wollen. Der Titel ist ein Begriff aus der Geometrie, bezeichnet ein Gebilde mit zwar zählbaren Facetten, deren Zahl aber gegen unendlich geht. Seit 1996 lebt er mit seiner Frau und ihren drei gemeinsamen Kindern in New York. . Aus: wikipedia-Colum_McCann. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 410.
Published by Random House / Duke University, 2006
ISBN 10: 081298577XISBN 13: 9780812985771
Book
Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by Random House, 2009
ISBN 10: 1403479216ISBN 13: 9781403479211
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2018
ISBN 10: 1526600943ISBN 13: 9781526600943
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. I hope there is something here for any young writer or any older writer, for that matter who happens to be looking for a teacher to come along, a teacher who, in the end, can really teach nothing at all but fire.From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author.Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews, through to the more joyous and celebratory, as McCann elucidates the pleasures to be found in truthful writing, for: the best writing makes us glad that we are however briefly alive.Emphatic and empathetic, pragmatic and profound, this is an essential companion to any authors journey and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 16.16
Published by Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000
ISBN 10: 3499226960ISBN 13: 9783499226960
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
Book
Condition: Gut. 21 .- 35. Tausend. 351 (1) Seiten. 19 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Walter Hellmann und Cathrin Günther. Guter Zustand. Dem Iren Colum McCann ist ein atemberaubendes, von der Wirklichkeit umwehtes Märchen um Schuld, Sehnsucht und zart aufkeimende Liebe geglückt; und ein Hymnus auf eine Schönheit, die in der Düsterheit von Dreck und Häßlichkeit aufblüht. - Focus. Das New Yorker Subway-System ist ein gigantisches Tunnellabyrinth mit verlassenen Gewölben, stillgelegten Gleisen, vergessenen Waggons - letzte Zuflucht für Tausende von Obdachlosen. Hier lebt auch der ehemalige Stahlbauer Treefrog und hier trifft er eines Nachts auf Angela, die ihn an seine Frau erinnert. Ihr erzählt er seine Geschichte. McCann führt uns in eine unbekannte, häufig brutale Welt, erzählt von Iren, Italienern, Farbigen, Indianern, die zu Beginn des Jahrhunderts durch ihre Arbeit den Bau Manhattans vorantrieben und nie vom wachsenden Wohlstand der Stadt profitierten. - Colum McCann (* 28. Februar 1965 in Dublin) ist ein irischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Drehbuchautor. Leben: McCann studierte Journalismus am Dublin Institute of Technology und arbeitete eine Zeitlang als Reporter, bevor er in die USA ging, dort in verschiedenen Berufen arbeitete, 1992 heiratete und für anderthalb Jahre nach Japan zog. 1994 veröffentlichte er seine dort entstandene erste Kurzgeschichtensammlung, die sofort sehr erfolgreich war. Dieser Schriftsteller hat eine philanthropische Persönlichkeit. Er ist Mitbegründer und langjähriger Präsident/Geschäftsführer von Narrative 4, einer 2012 entstandenen und mittlerweile weltweit aktiven Non-Profit-Organisation für die Hinführung Jugendlicher zum eigenen Schreiben und Geschichtenerzählen. Zuvor war er aktiv im PEN America, im American Ireland Fund, in der New York Public Library, der Norman Mailer Colony und dem Zentrum für kreatives Schreiben namens Fighting Words, das Roddy Doyle ins Leben rief. Seine Romane und Biografien befassen sich eher mit Ausschnitten der Wirklichkeit als mit Fiktionen, diese werden aber sehr vertieft durch Ausleuchten verschiedenartigster Facetten. So in Der Tänzer (2003) über Rudolf Nurejew, so in TransAtlantic (2013) über die ersten Transatlantikflieger Alcock und Brown, so in Let the Great World Spin (2009) über den Seiltänzer Philippe Petit. Der 2020 sowohl im englischsprachigen Original als auch in deutscher Übersetzung herausgekommene Doku-Roman Apeirogon handelt von zwei Vätern, einem Israeli und einem Palästinenser, die beide ein Kind im Nahostkonflikt verloren haben, indes aus tieferer Einsicht auf Rache verzichten wollen. Der Titel ist ein Begriff aus der Geometrie, bezeichnet ein Gebilde mit zwar zählbaren Facetten, deren Zahl aber gegen unendlich geht. Seit 1996 lebt er mit seiner Frau und ihren drei gemeinsamen Kindern in New York. . Aus: wikipedia-Colum_McCann. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 340 Taschenbuch. Kartoniert mit Verfasserporträt auf dem vorderen Vorsatz.
Published by Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt Verlag, 2011
ISBN 10: 3498045113ISBN 13: 9783498045111
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
Book First Edition
Condition: Wie neu. Deutsche Erstausgabe. 537 (5) Seiten. 21 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Anzinger, Wüschner und Rasp. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. Aus dem Klappentext: 'Keiner, der über New York schrieb, ist jemals tiefer eingetaucht und höher aufgestiegen.' 1974: Am Morgen eines schönen Augustsommertags starren die Passanten in Lower Manhattan ungläubig zu den Twin Towers hinauf. Fast einen halben Kilometer über ihnen läuft, springt und tanzt ein Hochseilartist ein schwebender Moment von absoluter Freiheit und künstlerischem Triumph in einer Stadt des ewigen Überlebenskampfes. Seine Magie lässt unten auf den Straßen in den gewöhnlichen Existenzen das Besondere hervortreten. Etwa in Corrigan, dem verrückten, aufopferungsvollen Iren, der sein Leben den Straßenhuren in der Bronx widmet. Er hat in seinem Kleinbus vor dem Zentralgericht am World Trade Center übernachtet, um zweien seiner Schutzbefohlenen bei einem Anklageerhebungstermin beizustehen: Tillie, die schon mit achtunddreißig Großmutter ist, und ihrer schönen Tochter Jazzlyn. Doch Corrigan weiß nicht, dass dieser Tag, der so großzügig Freiheit schenkt, auch den Tod bringen und damit das Leben zahlreicher Menschen verändern wird, die ihm und den beiden Frauen in seiner Obhut nahestehen Colum McCann fängt die Atmosphäre und die Stimmen dieser Stadt zu einem mitreißenden Epos ein. Es sprüht vom wilden Geist seiner Zeit wie von der elektrisierenden Sprache und Bildwelt eines Autors, der zu den sinnlichsten und mutigsten Erzählern englischer Zunge zählt. . « Was will McCann nach dieser herzzerreißenden Symphonie von einem Roman denn noch komponieren? Keiner, der über New York schrieb, ist jemals tiefer eingetaucht und höher aufgestiegen. » Frank McCourt . « Dies ist ein großartiges Buch, vielschichtig und tief empfunden, und es macht verdammten Spaß, es zu lesen. Da muss erst ein Ire kommen, um einen der größten New-York-Romane überhaupt zu schreiben. In jeder Zeile von Die große Welt steckt so viel Leidenschaft, Humor und Lebenskraft, dass man es schwindelnd und schier überwältigt liest. » Dave Eggers. Ausgezeichnet mit dem National Book Award. - Colum McCann (* 28. Februar 1965 in Dublin) ist ein irischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Drehbuchautor. Leben: McCann studierte Journalismus am Dublin Institute of Technology und arbeitete eine Zeitlang als Reporter, bevor er in die USA ging, dort in verschiedenen Berufen arbeitete, 1992 heiratete und für anderthalb Jahre nach Japan zog. 1994 veröffentlichte er seine dort entstandene erste Kurzgeschichtensammlung, die sofort sehr erfolgreich war. Dieser Schriftsteller hat eine philanthropische Persönlichkeit. Er ist Mitbegründer und langjähriger Präsident/Geschäftsführer von Narrative 4, einer 2012 entstandenen und mittlerweile weltweit aktiven Non-Profit-Organisation für die Hinführung Jugendlicher zum eigenen Schreiben und Geschichtenerzählen. Zuvor war er aktiv im PEN America, im American Ireland Fund, in der New York Public Library, der Norman Mailer Colony und dem Zentrum für kreatives Schreiben namens Fighting Words, das Roddy Doyle ins Leben rief. Seine Romane und Biografien befassen sich eher mit Ausschnitten der Wirklichkeit als mit Fiktionen, diese werden aber sehr vertieft durch Ausleuchten verschiedenartigster Facetten. So in Der Tänzer (2003) über Rudolf Nurejew, so in TransAtlantic (2013) über die ersten Transatlantikflieger Alcock und Brown, so in Let the Great World Spin (2009) über den Seiltänzer Philippe Petit. Der 2020 sowohl im englischsprachigen Original als auch in deutscher Übersetzung herausgekommene Doku-Roman Apeirogon handelt von zwei Vätern, einem Israeli und einem Palästinenser, die beide ein Kind im Nahostkonflikt verloren haben, indes aus tieferer Einsicht auf Rache verzichten wollen. Der Titel ist ein Begriff aus der Geometrie, bezeichnet ein Gebilde mit zwar zählbaren Facetten, deren Zahl aber gegen unendlich geht. Seit 1996 lebt er mit seiner Frau und ihren drei gemeinsamen Kindern in New York. . . . Aus: wikipedia-Colum_McCann. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 690 Weinroter Pappband mit rot- und weißgeprägten Rückentiteln, Lesebändchen und Schutzumschlag.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from US$ 5.52
Also find First Edition
Published by Penguin Putnam Inc, 2024
ISBN 10: 0593652959ISBN 13: 9780593652954
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again. Maggie O'Farrell"This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family." Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spin From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce loveThe Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldnt always think it. Youd have to know them to know thatin spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenestheir house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. Its a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isnt. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.14
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2016
ISBN 10: 081298658XISBN 13: 9780812986587
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review NPR Los Angeles Times The Boston Globe The Seattle Times The IndependentIn such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Awardwinning author Colum McCann has transfixed readers with his precision, tenderness, and authority. Now, in his first collection of short fiction in more than a decade, McCann charts the territory of chance, and the profound and intimate consequences of even our smallest moments. As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeing. In the exuberant title novella, a retired judge reflects on his lifes work, unaware as he goes about his daily routines that this particular morning will be his last. In Shkhol, a mother spending Christmas alone with her son confronts the unthinkable when he disappears while swimming off the coast near their home in Ireland. In Treaty, an elderly nun catches a snippet of a news report in which it is revealed that the man who once kidnapped and brutalized her is alive, masquerading as an agent of peace. And in What Time Is It Now, Where You Are? a writer constructs a story about a Marine in Afghanistan calling home on New Years Eve. Deeply personal, subtly subversive, at times harrowing, and indeed funny, yet also full of comfort, Thirteen Ways of Looking is a striking achievement. With unsurpassed empathy for his characters and their inner lives, Colum McCann forges from their stories a profound tribute to our search for meaning and grace. The collection is a rumination on the power of storytelling in a world where language and memory can sometimes falter, but in the end do not fail us, and a contemplation of the healing power of literature.Praise for Thirteen Ways of LookingExtraordinary . . . incandescent.Chicago Tribune The irreducible mystery of human experience ties this small collection together, and in each of these stories McCann explores that theme in some strikingly effective ways. . . . [The first story] is as fascinating as it is poignant. . . . [The second] captures the mundane and mysterious aspects of shaping characters from the gray clay of words, placing them in realistic settings and breathing life into their lungs. . . . That he makes the story so emotionally compelling is a sign of his genius. . . . The most remarkable [piece] is Shkhol. . . . Caught in the rushing currents of this drama, you know youre reading a little masterpiece.The Washington Post McCann is a writer of power and subtlety and beauty. . . . The powerful title story loiters in the mind long after youve read it.Sarah Lyall, The New York Times [McCann] unspools complex and unforgettable stories in this, his first collection in more than a decade.The Boston Globe McCann is a passionate writer whose impulse is always toward a generous understanding of his diverse characters.The Wall Street Journal Powerful, profound, and deeply empathetic, McCanns beautifully wrought writing in Thirteen Ways of Looking glides off the page.BuzzFeed McCann weaves the magic that made Let the Great World Spin so acclaimed.The Huffington Post Includes reader's guide (pages 247-249). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.49
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2021
ISBN 10: 0593157494ISBN 13: 9780593157497
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in [Isabel Allendes] long career.The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Esquire Good Housekeeping ParadeIn the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: the long petal of sea and wine and snow. As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, they face trial after trial, but they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they might go home. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along. A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea shows Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.Praise for A Long Petal of the Sea Both an intimate look at the relationship between one man and one woman and an epic story of love, war, family, and the search for home, this gorgeous novel, like all the best novels, transports the reader to another time and place, and also sheds light on the way we live now.J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions This is a novel not just for those of us who have been Allende fans for decades, but also for those who are brand-new to her work: What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time. She knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time.Colum McCann, National Book Awardwinning author of Let the Great World Spin "Originally published in Spain in 2019 as Largo paetalo de mar"--Title page verso. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.70
Used offers from US$ 21.25
Also find Softcover
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2014
ISBN 10: 0812981928ISBN 13: 9780812981926
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSIn the National Book Awardwinning Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that The New York Times Book Review called an emotional tour de force. Now McCann demonstrates once again why he is one of the most acclaimed and essential authors of his generation with a soaring novel that spans continents, leaps centuries, and unites a cast of deftly rendered characters, both real and imagined. Newfoundland, 1919. Two aviatorsJack Alcock and Arthur Brownset course for Ireland as they attempt the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, placing their trust in a modified bomber to heal the wounds of the Great War. Dublin, 1845 and 46. On an international lecture tour in support of his subversive autobiography, Frederick Douglass finds the Irish people sympathetic to the abolitionist causedespite the fact that, as famine ravages the countryside, the poor suffer from hardships that are astonishing even to an American slave. New York, 1998. Leaving behind a young wife and newborn child, Senator George Mitchell departs for Belfast, where it has fallen to him, the son of an Irish-American father and a Lebanese mother, to shepherd Northern Irelands notoriously bitter and volatile peace talks to an uncertain conclusion. These three iconic crossings are connected by a series of remarkable women whose personal stories are caught up in the swells of history. Beginning with Irish housemaid Lily Duggan, who crosses paths with Frederick Douglass, the novel follows her daughter and granddaughter, Emily and Lottie, and culminates in the present-day story of Hannah Carson, in whom all the hopes and failures of previous generations live on. From the loughs of Ireland to the flatlands of Missouri and the windswept coast of Newfoundland, their journeys mirror the progress and shape of history. They each learn that even the most unassuming moments of grace have a way of rippling through time, space, and memory. The most mature work yet from an incomparable storyteller, TransAtlantic is a profound meditation on identity and history in a wide world that grows somehow smaller and more wondrous with each passing year.Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Readers Circle for author chats and more. A dazzlingly talented authors latest high-wire act . . . Reminiscent of the finest work of Michael Ondaatje and Michael Cunningham, TransAtlantic is Colum McCanns most penetrating novel yet.O: The Oprah Magazine One of the greatest pleasures of TransAtlantic is how provisional it makes history feel, how intimate, and intensely real. . . . Here is the uncanny thing McCann finds again and again about the miraculous: that it is inseparable from the everyday.The Boston Globe Ingenious . . . The intricate connections [McCann] has crafted between the stories of his women and our men [seem] written in air, in water, andgiven that his subject is the confluence of Irish and American historyin blood.Esquire Another sweeping, beautifully constructed tapestry of life . . . Reading McCann is a rare joy.The Seattle Times Entrancing . . . McCann folds his epic meticulously into this relatively slim volume like an accordion; each pleat holds musicelation and sorrow.The Denver Post Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 18.99
Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2021
ISBN 10: 0812981936ISBN 13: 9780812981933
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An epic novel rooted in the unlikely real-life friendship between two fathersone Palestinian, one Israeli, both connected by grief and working together for peacefrom the National Book Awardwinning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully beating heart.Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire FINALIST FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Independent The New York Public Library Library Journal Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on to the schools their children attend to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate. But their lives, however circumscribed, are upended one after the other: first, Ramis thirteen-year-old daughter, Smadar, becomes the victim of suicide bombers; a decade later, Bassams ten-year-old daughter, Abir, is killed by a rubber bullet. Rami and Bassam had been raised to hate one another. And yet, when they learn of each others stories, they recognize the loss that connects them. Together they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peaceand with their one small act, start to permeate what has for generations seemed an impermeable conflict. This extraordinary novel is the fruit of a seed planted when the novelist Colum McCann met the real Bassam and Rami on a trip with the non-profit organization Narrative 4. McCann was moved by their willingness to share their stories with the world, by their hope that if they could see themselves in one another, perhaps others could too. With their blessing, and unprecedented access to their families, lives, and personal recollections, McCann began to craft Apeirogon, which uses their real-life stories to begin anotherone that crosses centuries and continents, stitching together time, art, history, nature, and politics in a tale both heartbreaking and hopeful. The result is an ambitious novel, crafted out of a universe of fictional and nonfictional material, with these fathers moving story at its heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 19.40