2011年--让伟大的世界旋转

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2011 – Let the Great World Spin
Author: Colum McCann
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The Judges’ Citation
Let The Great World Spin, the sixth novel by Colum McCann, is a hurricane of a book, whirling around the streets of New York and beyond, capturing souls within its twists, carrying them high in the air, rattling their very bones until their secrets and shameful pasts, their moments of kindness and generosity, pour onto the ground below and define the people of a borough, a city, a country and a world without judgment or prejudice, but with the compassion and humanity that only a great writer can provide.

This is a novel which explores the lives of its multiple participants, from the grieving housewife to the addicted artist, the unconventional cleric to the prostitute brought low by the law, through different and challenging forms of language, bringing each one to life in sometimes broken, sometimes elegant dialect. Each personal history, each moment of candour and vulnerability, forms a vibrant philosophy, which roots itself in the story, providing a solid foundation upon which the novel is built.

The writing is instantly beautiful. Fine, acute, precise. McCann does what he wants with syntax, allowing it to breathe, to soar, to march in the most unexpected directions. It offers a sense of language being liberated and yet it remains utterly under the control of a creator who knows when to make it whisper quietly in our ears and when to set it free to roar in the colloquialisms of its characters.

It is a novel whose structure is both complex and engaging. It is daring. The stories are interweaved in a way that always retains the reader’s interest. There is suspense, unexpected moments of tenderness within the howl, unpredicted threats of violence beneath the calm.

This is a remarkable literary work, a genuinely 21st Century novel that speaks to its time but is not enslaved by it. The human condition, the kindness and cruelty shown from one man to another, the ways in which we suffer and triumph, are subjects which have resonated through fiction for centuries. In each generation, writers explore these themes and rephrase the questions that our humanity asks of us. There are few answers in this novel. Its beguiling nature leaves the reader with as much uncertainty as we feel throughout our lives, but therein lies the power of fiction and of this book in particular.

In the opening pages of Let The Great World Spin, the people of New York City stand breathless and overwhelmed as a great artist dazzles them in a realm that seemed impossible until that moment; Colum McCann does the same thing in this novel, leaving the reader just as stunned as the New Yorkers, just as moved and just as grateful.

Judges: Susan Bassnett, John Boyne, Tess Hadley, Michael Hofmann, Nancy Huston. Non-voting Chairman, Judge Eugene R. Sullivan
About the Book
New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite decades 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 disparate lives will collide, and be transformed for ever.

(From Publisher)

About the Author
Colum McCann, born in Dublin, Ireland, is the author of five novels and two collections of stories. He has won numerous international literary awards. Zoli, Dancer and This Side of Brightness (published in the UK by Bloomsbury in July 2010) were international bestsellers and his fiction has been published in over thirty languages. He lives in New York.

Librarians’ Comments
A ground-breaking, heart breaking, novel about New York at its “wild time” from a wonderfully skilled writer. Set against a time of sweeping political and social change.

With Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Centre Towers, McCann crafts a stunning portrait of New York City. A wonderfully written novel, very close in its observation of human longings and desires.

Outstanding literary merit. Popular among library staff and readers.

McCann’s most ambitious work to date. This is a story of interweaving lives on one day, in one city, New York, – a passionate and gritty work.

Let the Great World Spin is richly deserving of all the critical acclaim it has received and ensures Colum McCann his place as one of the great Irish authors of all time. The writing is so wonderfully moving you will want to savour every word.

It seems a much longer book because it is so packed with the griefs, passions, hopes and heartbreaks of the sometimes interlinked characters under the grace and beauty of Petit’s tightrope walk. Wonderful ending.

In 1974 a tightrope artist walked between NYC’s twin towers to the amazement of onlookers from all walks of life. McCann seamlessly weaves together their stories from Park Avenue to the Bronx in this breathtaking achievement.

With an immigrant’s refreshing sense of awe, during the waning days of Nixon and Vietnam, New York in the 1970’s is presented through deftly linked characters.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Author       
Colum McCann

Country       
IE

Nominating Library       
Canada, Halifax Public Libraries

Publisher       
Bloomsbury, UK

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2011年--让伟大的世界旋转
作者。科勒姆-麦肯
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评委们的评语
让伟大的世界旋转》是科勒姆-麦肯的第六部小说，它是一部飓风之书，在纽约的街道和其他地方呼啸而过，在它的扭曲中捕捉灵魂，把它们带到高空，敲打它们的骨头，直到它们的秘密和可耻的过去，它们善良和慷慨的时刻，涌向下面的地面，定义一个区、一个城市、一个国家和一个世界的人们，没有判断或偏见，但只有伟大作家才能提供的同情心和人性。

这部小说通过不同的、具有挑战性的语言形式，探讨了多个参与者的生活，从悲伤的家庭主妇到沉迷的艺术家，从不拘小节的教士到被法律压制的妓女，用有时破碎、有时优雅的方言将每个人带入生活。每一段个人历史，每一个坦率和脆弱的时刻，都形成了一个充满活力的哲学，它扎根于故事之中，为小说的发展提供了一个坚实的基础。

小说的写作立刻就很美。细腻、尖锐、精确。麦肯随心所欲地使用句法，让它呼吸，让它翱翔，让它向最意想不到的方向前进。它提供了一种语言被解放的感觉，但它仍然完全处于创作者的控制之下，他知道什么时候让它在我们耳边悄悄地说话，什么时候让它在人物的口语中自由地咆哮。

这部小说的结构既复杂又吸引人。它是大胆的。这些故事交织在一起，始终保持着读者的兴趣。小说有悬念，在嚎叫声中出现了意想不到的温柔时刻，在平静之下出现了无法预料的暴力威胁。

这是一部了不起的文学作品，是一部真正的21世纪的小说，它与它的时代对话，但不被它所奴役。人类的状况，一个人对另一个人的仁慈和残忍，我们受苦和胜利的方式，这些都是几个世纪以来在小说中产生共鸣的主题。每一代作家都在探索这些主题，重新表述我们的人性向我们提出的问题。这部小说中的答案很少。其诱人的性质给读者留下了许多不确定性，就像我们在一生中感受到的一样，但这就是小说的力量，尤其是这本书的力量。

在《让伟大的世界旋转》的开篇，当一位伟大的艺术家在一个在那一刻之前似乎不可能实现的领域里让他们目瞪口呆、不知所措时，纽约市的人们站在那里；科勒姆-麦肯在这部小说中也做了同样的事情，让读者和纽约人一样惊呆了，一样感动，一样感激。

评委。苏珊-巴斯内特、约翰-博因、泰丝-哈德利、迈克尔-霍夫曼、南希-休斯顿。无投票权的主席，尤金-R-沙利文法官
关于这本书
1974年8月，纽约：一个人在天空中行走。在新建的双子塔之间，这个人在空中旋转。在远处的下方，完全陌生的人的生活向对方旋转。科里根，一个在布朗克斯区工作的激进的爱尔兰僧侣；克莱尔，一个精致的上东区家庭主妇，对她儿子的死亡感到不安；拉拉，一个吸毒的年轻艺术家；格洛丽亚，尽管经历了几十年的苦难，但她仍然坚实而自豪；蒂莉，一个曾经梦想过更好生活的妓女；以及杰斯林，她美丽的女儿，在纽约天际线以外的承诺下长大。在一个鲁莽而美丽的行为的阴影下，这些不同的生活将发生碰撞，并被永远改变。

(来自出版社)

关于作者
科勒姆-麦肯，出生于爱尔兰都柏林，是五部小说和两部故事集的作者。他曾多次获得国际文学奖。Zoli》、《Dancer》和《This Side of Brightness》（2010年7月由Bloomsbury在英国出版）是国际畅销书，他的小说已用30多种语言出版。他住在纽约。

图书管理员的评论
这是一部开创性的、令人心碎的小说，讲述了纽约的 "狂野时代"，出自一位技艺精湛的作家之手。这部小说的背景是一个政治和社会变革的时代。

通过菲利普-佩蒂特1974年在世贸中心大楼之间走钢丝的故事，麦肯为纽约市塑造了一幅令人惊叹的肖像。这部小说写得很好，对人类的渴望和欲望的观察非常接近。

具有突出的文学价值。受到图书馆工作人员和读者的欢迎。

麦肯迄今为止最雄心勃勃的作品。这是一个关于在纽约这个城市的某一天交织在一起的生活的故事，这是一部充满激情和狡黠的作品。

让伟大的世界旋转》当之无愧地获得了所有评论界的赞誉，并确保科勒姆-麦肯作为有史以来伟大的爱尔兰作家之一的地位。书中的文字是如此美妙动人，你会想去品味每一个字。

它似乎是一本更长的书，因为在佩蒂特走钢丝的优雅和美丽下，它充满了有时相互关联的人物的悲痛、激情、希望和心碎。精彩的结局。

1974年，一位走钢丝的艺术家在纽约市的双子塔之间行走，令来自各行各业的围观者感到惊奇。麦肯在这一令人惊叹的成就中，将他们从公园大道到布朗克斯的故事无缝编织在一起。

在尼克松和越南的衰落时期，以移民的敬畏之心，通过巧妙地联系在一起的人物，展示了1970年代的纽约。

其他信息
作者       
科勒姆-麦肯

国家       
IE

提名图书馆       
加拿大，哈利法克斯公共图书馆

出版商       
英国布鲁姆斯伯里公司

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