He is the cofounder of the global non-profit story exchange organisation Narrative 4. He has also received a Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres from the French government. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Irish association of artists, Aosdana. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent.Ĭolum has won numerous international awards and has been a bestseller on four continents.

His fiction has been published in over 40 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review and other places. “Let the Great World Spin” won the National Book Award in 2009. His other books include 'TransAtlantic,' 'Let the Great World Spin,' 'This Side of Brightness,''Dancer' and “Zoli,” all of which were international best-sellers.

Driven by a compelling voice, Colum McCann has written a powerful and haunting narrative that is simply masterful in its universal implications.Ĭolum McCann is the author of three collections of short stories and six novels, including 'Apeirogon,' due to be published in Spring 2020. Despite these liberties, I hope to remain true to the actual realities of their shared experiences.”Īpeirogon is a completely mesmerizing novel. McCann says, “Bassam and Rami have allowed me to shape and reshape their worlds. The result is a breath-taking narrative based on events that actually happened. Parents from both sides who have lost loved ones gather together in a Parents Circle to tell their stories, to heal, and to never forget their unimaginable losses.ĭeploying a myriad of seemingly unrelated historical, cultural and biographical snapshots, this highly original and inventive novel reframes the never-ending Israeli–Palestinian conflict. McCann tells the story of Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, and how they came together after the terrible loss of both of their daughters, one to suicide bombers and the other to Israeli police. As the author says, “This is a hybrid novel with invention at its core, a work of storytelling which, like all storytelling, weaves together elements of speculation, memory, fact and imagination.” Using a fascinating blend of real events and people, he fictionalizes their stories. In an astonishing act of the imagination, McCann illuminates the political situation that has riven the region for more than seventy years in a completely new light. From celebrated Irish writer Colum McCann comes a dazzling new novel set in Occupied Palestine and Israel.

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