The winner of the 2011 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is Colum McCann who wrote
'Let the Great World Spin'.
Out of 161 other books Colum McCann from Ireland won this years IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His book was nominated 166 times from libraries from around the world. Colum McCann is the second Irish author to win this prize. The winner gets a lovely 100,000 euro. It is the largest prize for a single novel published in English.
The book is set in New York, August 1974. A man is walking in the sky between the newly built Twin Towers. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other. Corrigan a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a Upper East Side housewife coping from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite years of hardship; Tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a better life; and Jazzlyn, her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of New York. In the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act, these different lives will collide and be changed forever.
'Let the Great World Spin'.
Out of 161 other books Colum McCann from Ireland won this years IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His book was nominated 166 times from libraries from around the world. Colum McCann is the second Irish author to win this prize. The winner gets a lovely 100,000 euro. It is the largest prize for a single novel published in English.
The book is set in New York, August 1974. A man is walking in the sky between the newly built Twin Towers. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other. Corrigan a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a Upper East Side housewife coping from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite years of hardship; Tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a better life; and Jazzlyn, her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of New York. In the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act, these different lives will collide and be changed forever.
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