This Side of Brightness

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"This Side of Brightness" by Colum McCann

At the turn of the century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the sandhogs--black, white, Irish, Italian--dig together, the darkness erasing all differences. Above ground, though, the men keep their distance until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow sandhogs that will both bless and curse three generations.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312421977
ISBN-10: 0312421974
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 142 x 209 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Picador USA

Notă biografică

Colum McCann is the author of the highly acclaimed Songdogs and Fishing the Sloe-Black River, which received the Hennessey Award for Best First Fiction, Ireland's top literary honor. He lives in New York City.

Descriere

At the turn of the century, New York's sandhogs burrowed beneath the East River, digging the tunnels that would link Brooklyn to Manhattan; many decades later, those same tunnels offer refuge to the desperate and homeless. Spanning 70 years, McCann's acclaimed novel tells the story of three generations bound to the tunnels by ill-fated loves, unintended crimes, and social taboos.

Caracteristici

For fans of Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, Either Side of Winter by Benjamin Markovits, and the novels of Paul Auster

Recenzii

'It is, perhaps, the first authentic novel about homeless, about living below and beyond this rich city. He evokes so powerfully the stink of the present, the poignancy of the past'
'Vivid, potent, beautifully measured, and sustained by astonishingly deft description'
'A tour de-force social history of modern New York, exploring the labyrinthine netherworld of disused subway tunnels, from their creation by Irish migrant workers to their occupation by down-and-outs'
'A dazzling blend of menace and heartbreak'

Premii

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominee, 2000

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