Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by distantheartbeats
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
5.0
“So much of her time is spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them,” Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
My love for Colum McCann’s work is limitless, I think. I think he’s one of the most talented writers still producing work today. I think his words are beautiful, touching and sharply written, I think he writes poetry in novels, and I think it’s amazing at all that doing all of this, he manages to keep a plot in place as well.
“Dancer” is one of my favourite books (if you haven’t read it, you’re missing out), and in September decided that one of my aims for the next year is to read everything he’s ever written. Of course, I haven’t achieved that yet because there’s plenty of other stuff that I want to read as well, but I am going to try.
This is his latest work. It’s set in New York in 1974, and each chapter moves to another character, another person, and they’re all connected. It is so effortlessly written, and the characters so well realised that I could almost swear he modeled them on real people.
If you’ve never read Colum McCann, trust me, you should.
My love for Colum McCann’s work is limitless, I think. I think he’s one of the most talented writers still producing work today. I think his words are beautiful, touching and sharply written, I think he writes poetry in novels, and I think it’s amazing at all that doing all of this, he manages to keep a plot in place as well.
“Dancer” is one of my favourite books (if you haven’t read it, you’re missing out), and in September decided that one of my aims for the next year is to read everything he’s ever written. Of course, I haven’t achieved that yet because there’s plenty of other stuff that I want to read as well, but I am going to try.
This is his latest work. It’s set in New York in 1974, and each chapter moves to another character, another person, and they’re all connected. It is so effortlessly written, and the characters so well realised that I could almost swear he modeled them on real people.
If you’ve never read Colum McCann, trust me, you should.