Let The Great World Spin
Registered by 
over-the-moon
of Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on 6/26/2008
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
over-the-moon of Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on 6/26/2008 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Using an old bc number for this as I had registered the same book twice.
Spinning a web from a real incident, when the French funambule Philippe Petit cast a rope between the tops of the two towers of the WTC in New York and walked across in 1974, McCann tells the stories of various witnesses, drawing in characters as varied as hookers in the Bronx, two brothers from Ireland, the bourgeois wife of a lawyer and other mothers who have lost their sons in Vietnam, all of whom connect in some way. Very cleverly done; like the lawyer I was wondering how he got that rope across (we do find out in the end), and the writing is, in places, exquisite. All the strings are neatly tied up in the last chapter which takes place in 2006 when the towers are no more. A fascinating mix of fact and fiction.
Spinning a web from a real incident, when the French funambule Philippe Petit cast a rope between the tops of the two towers of the WTC in New York and walked across in 1974, McCann tells the stories of various witnesses, drawing in characters as varied as hookers in the Bronx, two brothers from Ireland, the bourgeois wife of a lawyer and other mothers who have lost their sons in Vietnam, all of whom connect in some way. Very cleverly done; like the lawyer I was wondering how he got that rope across (we do find out in the end), and the writing is, in places, exquisite. All the strings are neatly tied up in the last chapter which takes place in 2006 when the towers are no more. A fascinating mix of fact and fiction.
Journal Entry 2 by over-the-moon at Quelque part à Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace France on Wednesday, September 8, 2021
over-the-moon at Quelque part à Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace France on Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (9/25/2021 UTC) at Quelque part à Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace France
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Libéré à l'occasion du MBC de Strasbourg, soit le samedi 25 septembre sur la table à livres, à l'attention des participants, soit le dimanche 26 septembre sur le parcours depuis la Place de l'Etoile jusqu'au Jardin des Deux Rives et au centre-ville de Kehl.
During the Strasbourg "unconvention", probably on the book buffet. If it doesn't get taken, then the next day somewhere between Place de L'Etoile and Kehl.
During the Strasbourg "unconvention", probably on the book buffet. If it doesn't get taken, then the next day somewhere between Place de L'Etoile and Kehl.
Choisi lors du MBC de Strasbourg. Merci Over-the Moon (je suis contente d'avoir trouvé des livres en anglais).
Journal Entry 4 by Nodame at Le Marché Bar in Strasbourg, Alsace France on Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (11/18/2021 UTC) at Le Marché Bar in Strasbourg, Alsace France
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Un lecteur fréquentant le Marché Bar sera peut-être content de le trouver. J'ai eu du mal à accrocher à ce roman et à ses premières pages plutôt sombres. Il est pourtant bien écrit par un auteur que j'apprécie habituellement.
