Colum McCann

This Side of Brightness by Colum McCannAt the turn of the century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the sandhogs--black, …

Colum McCann recria a história do bailarino Rudolf Nureiev de forma envolvente, mesclando ficção e fatos históricos, ao lançar luz sobre a vida daqueles que com ele conviveram - os ricos e poderosos, mas também as pessoas simples do seu dia-a-dia. Da infância pobre numa União Soviética destroçada pela guerra até a …

"In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of …