In 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. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn’t had time to eat yet. Bassam’s 10-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. Rami’s 13-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half.īoth men have lost their daughters. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another – yet they exist worlds apart. The novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief. Bloomsbury presents Apeirogon by Colum McCann, read by Colum McCann.Ĭhosen as a Book of The Year by The Sunday Times, Observer, Guardian, I Paper, Financial Times, New Statesman, Scotsman, Irish Times, BBC.com,
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