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Title: Everything in This Country Must : A Novella and Two Stories by Colum McCann ISBN: 0-312-27318-5 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 07 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: heartbreaking and stunning work on youth in northern ireland
Comment: McCann's work is filled with subtlety and original crisp images that are culled with attention to detail. The novella and two short stories here feature experiences of youth affected by political turmoil in Northern Ireland. Yet the stories are not heavyhanded about the politics; they explore the lives of three adolescents while integrating the colonial frustrations into the narrative. This ie easily one of my favorite reads from the past year. The stories read quickly, but they have a density to them and a richness in language and emotion. While the tone seems brooding, there is still something to celebrate about the well written characters and insights that McCann offers in this work
Rating: 3
Summary: Adult conflicts through children's eyes
Comment: If you are looking for a fresh, new look at "The Troubles," this is the book. I found the book to be disturbing because all three of the stories centered on children and their peripheral involvement in the North. In each of the stories the adults were too caught-up in the day-to-day difficulties they encountered due to the circumstances. None of the children written about were understood nor were their feelings and concerns acknowledged. It is heart-breaking to watch how these children suffer without the parental-figures in their lives even realizing the impact the war is having on the children.
Rating: 5
Summary: A little great book!
Comment: Northern Ireland, with its troubled history and its extreme enviroment, is an easy subject for second-rate writers, and actually you can find a lot of would-be thrillers, unlikely to get a second edition.
For the same reason, Northern Ireland is a difficoult subject for good writers. That's why you can find many interesting non-fiction books, but really few good novels.
With "Everything in this country must" Colum McCann proves once again to be a great writer. While reading it, I was nearly overwhelmed by emotions. And I was amazed by both the simplicity and the effectivness of his writing.
It's a little book, just 150 pages. You could read it in two hours. But because it's a great book I would suggest you to read it very, very slowly, enjoying every word, every line, every emotion. And in so doing, may be you happen to realize that McCann is deceiving all of us: he writes poems disguised as short stories.
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Title: Dancer: A Novel by Colum McCann ISBN: 0805067922 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 06 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: This Side of Brightness: A Novel by Colum McCann ISBN: 0312421974 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Songdogs : A Novel by Colum McCann ISBN: 0312147414 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 15 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: I Am of Irelaunde : A Novel of Patrick and Osian by Juilene Osborne-McKnight ISBN: 0312875673 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 10 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle ISBN: 0140296131 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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