1919. Emily Ehrlich watches as two young airmen, Alcock and Brown, emerge from the carnage of the First World War to pilot the very first non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to the west of Ireland. Among the letters being carried on the aircraft is one which will not be opened for almost a hundred years. 1998. Senator George Mitchell criss-crosses the ocean in search of an elusive Irish peace. How many more bereaved mothers and grandmothers must he meet before an agreement can be reached? 1845. Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling at his feet. On his travels he inspires a young maid to go to New York to embrace a free world, but the land does not always fulfill its promises for her. From the violent battlefields of the Civil War to the ice lakes of northern Missouri, it is her youngest daughter Emily who eventually finds her way back to Ireland. Nominated for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781408841280
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 320
Tiempo de lectura:
6h 35m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 02/07/2014
Año de edición: 2014
Alto: 20.0 cm
Ancho: 13.0 cm
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Escrito por Colum McCann
Colum McCann es autor de seis novelas y tres libros de relatos. Ha obtenido algunos de los galardones literarios más prestigiosos y su obra ha sido traducida a cerca de 35 idiomas. Su novela Que el vasto mundo siga girando fue galardonada con el National Book Award y el Dublin IMPAC Prize.