The Resource Let the great world spin : a novel, Colum McCann
Let the great world spin : a novel, Colum McCann
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Resource Information
The item Let the great world spin : a novel, Colum McCann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- This novel follows the fortunes of a menagerie of New Yorkers through a day in 1974--the day of Philippe Petit's deathdefying tightrope walk between the newly built Twin Towers
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812973990
- Label
- Let the great world spin : a novel
- Title
- Let the great world spin
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Colum McCann
- Subject
-
- Tightrope walking -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueNew York City
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949- -- Fiction
- truePoor women
- truePriests
- trueProstitutes
- Psychological fiction
- trueRedemption
- trueRich women
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueTightrope walking
- trueTraffic accidents
- trueCity life
- trueCourage
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- trueHope
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Irish -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueIrish in New York City
- Judges' spouses -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This novel follows the fortunes of a menagerie of New Yorkers through a day in 1974--the day of Philippe Petit's deathdefying tightrope walk between the newly built Twin Towers
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2010.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2009.
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2011.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2009.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 305993
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCann, Colum
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6063.C335
- LC item number
- L47 2009
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Immigrants
- Irish
- Judges' spouses
- Grief
- Teenage mothers
- Petit, Philippe
- Tightrope walking
- New York (N.Y.)
- Nineteen seventies
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Let the great world spin : a novel, Colum McCann
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812973990
- Lccn
- 2008046963
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 268957352
- (OCoLC)268957352
- Label
- Let the great world spin : a novel, Colum McCann
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812973990
- Lccn
- 2008046963
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 268957352
- (OCoLC)268957352
Subject
- Tightrope walking -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueNew York City
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Petit, Philippe, 1949- -- Fiction
- truePoor women
- truePriests
- trueProstitutes
- Psychological fiction
- trueRedemption
- trueRich women
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueTightrope walking
- trueTraffic accidents
- trueCity life
- trueCourage
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- trueHope
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Irish -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueIrish in New York City
- Judges' spouses -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2009
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2010
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2009
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueInternational Dublin Literary Award
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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