Let the great world spin : a novel
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New York : Random House, 2009.
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1st ed.
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Published
New York : Random House, 2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
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349 pages ; 25 cm.
Street Date
0906
Language
English
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It's August of 1974, a summer "hot and serious and full of death and betrayal," and Watergate and the Vietnam War make the world feel precarious. A stunned hush pauses the cacophonous universe of New York City as a man on a cable walks (repeatedly) between World Trade Center towers. This extraordinary, real-life feat by French funambulist Philippe Petit becomes the touchstone for stories that briefly submerge you in ten varied and intense lives--a street priest, heroin-addicted hookers, mothers mourning sons lost in war, young artists, a Park Avenue judge. All their lives are ordinary and unforgettable, overlapping at the edges, occasionally converging. And when they coalesce in the final pages, the moment hums with such grace that its memory might tighten your throat weeks later. You might find yourself paused, considering the universe of lives one city contains in any slice of time, each of us a singular world, sometimes passing close enough to touch or collide, to birth a new generation or kill it, sending out ripples, leaving residue, an imprint, marking each other, our city, the very air--compassionately or callously, unable to see all the damage we do or heal. And most of us stumbling, just trying not to trip, or step in something awful.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCann, C. (2009). Let the great world spin: a novel . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCann, Colum, 1965-. 2009. Let the Great World Spin: A Novel. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCann, Colum, 1965-. Let the Great World Spin: A Novel Random House, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCann, Colum. Let the Great World Spin: A Novel Random House, 2009.
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