Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is now one of my favorite books.
First of all, the writing is gorgeous. I swear when I read it, the same pleasure centers of my brain that ignite when I eat chocolate were ignited when I read this book. Sometimes I got so lost in the language, I had to re-read it so I could follow along with the plot. And there isn't much of a plot, really. More of a collection of points-of-view of people on a certain day in 1973 when a man strung a wire between the world trade towers and walked across. For some, this is the central focus, for others it is merely on the periphery. The stories are about what love is, what death is, what life is and how ultimately, it's the risks you take to love someone other than yourself than makes life worth living.
It made me want to write a critical essay--on the role NY played in the book, on the role of noise and quiet, etc. Loved it loved it loved it.
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