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Que el vasto mundo siga girando / Let the Great World Spin (Spanish Edition)
by Colum McCann

Published: 2010-05-30
Paperback : 554 pages
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Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction / It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the Twin Towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in this stunningly ...
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(Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction / It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the Twin Towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in this stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people.

Al amanecer de una manana de finales de verano, los habitantes de la parte baja de Manhattan miraban absortos hacia lo alto de las Torres Gemelas. Estamos en agosto de 1974 y una minuscula y enigmatica figura camina en inverosimil equilibrio sobre un cable entre ambos edificios. Y abajo, en la bulliciosa y violenta Nueva York de la decada de los setenta, los destinos de varios personajes se cruzaran y sus vidas aparentemente ordinarias cambiaran para siempre: un sacerdote irlandes que lucha contra sus demonios y vive entre prostitutas en pleno Bronx , un grupo de madres que se reunen para llorar a sus hijos muertos en Vietnam, una artista que sera testigo de un accidente que la marcara para siempre, una joven abuela que ayuda a su hija adolescente mientras trata de demostrarse a si misma que su vida tiene sentido. Obra ganadora del National Book Award.

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  "Let the Great World Spin"by Janet J. (see profile) 09/28/10

Not a great read. After starting off well it seemed to lose its way and was quite confusing. The ending left a lor of unanswered questions too! Most of the other members unfortunately shared the same feelings!... (read more)

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