Let The Great World Spin

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• LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann

  “[New York] was a city uninterested in history. Strange things occurred precisely because there was no necessary regard for the past. The city lived in a sort of everyday present. It had no need to believe in itself as a London, or an Athens, or even ... (read full critics)

  mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

• 'Let The Great World Spin' by Colum McCann

  Adding to the mythology of Petit's incredibly daring stunt (he walked the wire for 45 minutes, making eight crossings between the towers, and was arrested shortly after) is Colum McCann's equally ambitious novel. I say ambitious because it's fairly s ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

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  ci sono parti di strepitosa bellezza in questo romanzo... come il monologo della prostituta che racconta la sua vita e dice:

  "I don’t know who God is but if I meet Him anytime soon I’m going to get Him in the corner until He tells me the truth. He’s going to come along on His pretty white cloud wit ... (continue)

  ci sono parti di strepitosa bellezza in questo romanzo... come il monologo della prostituta che racconta la sua vita e dice:

  "I don’t know who God is but if I meet Him anytime soon I’m going to get Him in the corner until He tells me the truth. He’s going to come along on His pretty white cloud with all His pretty little angels flapping their pretty white wings and I’m gonna out and say it formal: Why the fuck did you let me do it, God?"

  rabbia, incomprensione, dolore, poesia...

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  francesca said on Sep 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A great post 9/11 novel, set in 1974, where 9/11 isn't even mentioned.

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  rayuela said on Aug 15, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Read this book because: it's well written, because deal with New York and the WTC, because when he describes Petit, the tightrope walker, on the wire between the Twin towers you feel the wind, you feel Petit's calm, you feel the excitement of the people who watch him.
  McCann tell us the stories of a ... (continue)

  Read this book because: it's well written, because deal with New York and the WTC, because when he describes Petit, the tightrope walker, on the wire between the Twin towers you feel the wind, you feel Petit's calm, you feel the excitement of the people who watch him.
  McCann tell us the stories of a lot characters linked among them. their happiness and their sorrow.
  it's a great book from an excellent writer.

  here is a quote I liked: "You can count the dead, but you can’t count the cost. We’ve got no math for heaven, Mama. Everything else can be measured".

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  Stefano said on Oct 20, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 368 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1554689236
• ISBN-13: 9781554689231
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Pub date: Jun 01, 2010
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
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