{"product_id":"books-apeirogon-by-colum-mccann","title":"Apeirogon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2020 BY THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ei PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC.COM, WATERSTONES.COM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nothing like any book you've ever read' MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An essential hymn to peace and forgiveness’ independent.co.uk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another – yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli.  Bassam is Palestinian.  Rami’s license plate is yellow. Bassam’s license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth men have lost their daughters.  Rami’s thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn’t had time to eat yet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe men become the best of friends.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this epic novel – named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides – Colum McCann crosses centuries and continents, stitching time, art, history, nature and politics into a tapestry of friendship, love, loss and belonging.  Musical, muscular, delicate and soaring, \u003ci\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/i\u003e is the novel for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully beating heart' KAMILA SHAMSIE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53769547448593,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781526607911.jpg?v=1783951662","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-apeirogon-by-colum-mccann","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}