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Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author)
by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author)
Kate's review
Apr 11, 12
Recommended to Kate by:
My Mom (surprisingly)
Recommended for:
Fans of James Joyce and people who enjoy details
Read from March 22 to April 11, 2012
WHOOT! I'm FINALLY done!
This is one of those "epic" pieces of literature that centers around a central turning point. In this case a tight rope walker walking between the Twin Towers, and then spins off from there in great detail; similar to a James Joyce novel where everything is interconnected, only you don't know how until the very end.
I can see why this book wouldn't be for everyone, but I'm really glad I took the time to read it. Was it a life changing story for me? No, but the exquisiteness of such mundane details and the normalacy of it all, really made the story come alive. Also, that Colum McCann was able to keep the momentum of these details flowing throughout the whole novel, from beginning to end, absolutely astounded me, and I don't get astounded very often.
I would most certainly recommend this one to Joyce fans and people who like strong details. This book kept my interest from beginning to end and I would consider picking up another book by this author in the future, once I've taken a mental break and read some "fluff," just saying.
This is one of those "epic" pieces of literature that centers around a central turning point. In this case a tight rope walker walking between the Twin Towers, and then spins off from there in great detail; similar to a James Joyce novel where everything is interconnected, only you don't know how until the very end.
I can see why this book wouldn't be for everyone, but I'm really glad I took the time to read it. Was it a life changing story for me? No, but the exquisiteness of such mundane details and the normalacy of it all, really made the story come alive. Also, that Colum McCann was able to keep the momentum of these details flowing throughout the whole novel, from beginning to end, absolutely astounded me, and I don't get astounded very often.
I would most certainly recommend this one to Joyce fans and people who like strong details. This book kept my interest from beginning to end and I would consider picking up another book by this author in the future, once I've taken a mental break and read some "fluff," just saying.
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Quotes Kate Liked
“Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you're lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it just becomes a cliff you drive off, but most people who've been around awhile know it's just a thing that changes day by day, and depending on how much you fight for it, you get it, or you hold on to it, or you lose it, but sometimes it's never even there in the first place.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time- but even on the best day nobody's perfect.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
“He might have been naive, but he didn't care; he said he's rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
Reading Progress
| 03/23/2012 | page 73 |
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19.0% | "I am enjoying the descriptiveness of the author's use of language on the page. It's lovely." |
| 03/27/2012 | page 115 |
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31.0% | "A Fear of Love" |
| 03/30/2012 | page 175 |
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47.0% | "Everything had purpose,signal, meaning." |
| 04/05/2012 | page 245 |
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65.0% | "This book is taking forever to read. Not saying it's bad, it's not, it's just that I want to read and digest every word on the page..." |
| 04/10/2012 | page 322 |
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86.0% | "I am finally almost to the end of this one." |
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Apr 12, 2012 09:12pm
Thanks for this review - I started this book on my e-reader some time ago, and gave it up, though I'm fascinated by Phillippe Petit and his tightrope walk between the towers. You've inspired me to put this back on my reading list!
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