Apeirogon (novel)
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| Author | Colum McCann |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Random House (US) |
Publication date | 25 February 2020 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 9781400069606 |
| Preceded by | TransAtlantic |
Apeirogon is a novel by Colum McCann, published in February 2020.
The novel explores the conflict in the Middle East. It follows the story of two men who each lost a daughter. One is Palestinian, the other Israeli.
Plot[edit]
The story follows two real life figures: Rami Elhanan, an Israeli graphic designer, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian scholar who went to prison as a teen for attacking Israeli soldiers. Consisting of 1001 short sections, the two central figures bond over the untimely deaths of their respective daughters.
Reviews[edit]
Reviews for the book have been generally positive. Charles Finch in The Washington Post described the book as "a loving, thoughtful, grueling novel.[1] Shoiab Alam, writing in The Daily Star, hailed the novel as "a masterful and timely literary response to [the] region's neverending horrors."[2] However, the international best-selling Palestinian-American writer Susan Abulhawa calls it "Another colonialist misstep in commercial publishing" that "mystifies the colonisation of Palestine as a ‘complicated conflict’ between two equal sides".[3]
Awards[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Booker Prize | — | Longlisted | [4][5] |
| Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger | Novel | Won | [6] | |
| Prix Médicis | étranger | Shortlisted | [7] | |
| 2021 | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Fiction | Longlisted | [8] |
| Dalkey Literary Awards | — | Shortlisted | [9] |
References[edit]
- ^ Finch, Charles (10 March 2020). "TColum McCann's 'Apeirogon' takes an elliptical approach to the unending Middle East conflict". Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ Alam, Shoiab (May 20, 2021). "Fatherhood, loss, and healing in Colum McCann's 'Apeirogon'". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Abulhawa, Susan. "Apeirogon: Another colonialist misstep in commercial publishing". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Doyle, Martin. "Booker Prize 2020: Colum McCann on longlist heavy with debuts and US authors". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Apeirogon | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 25 February 2020.
- ^ Chevilley, Philippe; Lesniak, Isabelle (4 December 2020). "Prix littéraires étrangers : le palmarès des Echos". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Prix Médicis : Éric Reinhardt, Camille de Toledo et Hervé Le Tellier dans la deuxième sélection, Emmanuel Carrère n'y figure plus". France Info (in French). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "2021 Winners". Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence. 18 October 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "Novel Of the Year Award Shortlist 2021". Zurich Ireland. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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