This Side of Brightness: A Novel
by:
Colum McCann (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781466848702 (1466848707)
Publish date: June 25th 2013
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Drama,
Contemporary,
New York,
United States
Colum McCann is the newest addition to my list of authors whose bibliography I'd like to read in its entirety. This Side of Brightness seemed a good choice: I prefer to start with the author's earlier works, I had easy accessibility to a copy, and the blurb for the novel sounded right up my alley. S...
I was absolutely head over heels in love with this book.......until the last chapter. Why, why, why did Colum McCann have to put a "happy/hopeful" ending on it? Is it that he thinks this is what the public wants? Well, not me. Definitely this would have gotten five stars if only that last chapter we...
Joe from IMC recommends
Rating: 3.75* of fiveHow delightful it is to go back and fill in the high spots in a favorite author's early career. This book, published in 1998, was the third published book by McCann, and showed that his command of language was equal to his command of storytelling. He's a winner of the National B...
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