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chrissorensen · 3 years ago
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Very excited that my portrait of National Book Award winner Colum McCann (and Layla!) shot for @wsj took Third Place in the Celebrity category of the 2021 @americanphotographicartists APA Awards. Honored to be among the 43 amazing photographers selected as winners in the various categories. Can't wait to get my copy of the book of all the incredible images. While we did this setup, Colum's dog Layla hung off camera begging for treats and Colum would occasionally pull one from his vest pocket and give it to her between shots. So I pulled back and grabbed the off moment and it became my favorite from the shoot. Huge thanks to @ronniephoto for the assignment and @nathanielshannon for the assist! Link in profile to see all the fantastic work. . . #colummccann #portrait #portraits #portraiture #portraitoftheday #portraitphotography #portraitphotographer #portraitperfection #makeportraits #makeportraitsnotwar #editorial #editorialphotography #editorialphotographer #editorialshoot #myfujifilm #fuji #fujifilm #fujifeed #fujifilm_us #portraitmood #gfx50r #mediumformat #portraitvision #portraitmood #portrait_vision #portrait_mood #portrait_planet #portrait_mf #godox #ad200 #oliphantbackdrops https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzHCXIAlP3/?utm_medium=tumblr
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pgcclibrary · 5 years ago
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𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧 is the author of seven novels and three collections of stories. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honors, including the National Book Award.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts. His work has been published in over 40 languages. He is the co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organization, Narrative 4, and he teaches at the MFA program at Hunter College.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The story briefly portrays high-wire performer Philippe Petit, who achieved renown after walking between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in August 1974. McCann then connects this act (which is based on a true story), on the events of 9/11. The plot, however "is not the story of Philippe Petit, whom McCann inhabits but never names," Tom Junod remarked in Esquire. It is also "not the story of another dancer suspended, by force of miracle, in thin air. Rather it is the story of the people on the ground and what it is like to be implicated in a freedom they can never attain," he added. To quote Adams, "McCann's language has been all about precision and detail, the surprise of finding new ways never to put a foot wrong. He has been led before, by the nerve and grace of his style as much as anything, to gravity and its defiance."⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ =⁣⠀ Source: Colum McCann." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2018. Gale In Context: Biography⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth #colummccann #letthegreatworldspin⁣ (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mKEosHmBn/?igshid=dltmok06451i
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librairiemelodieensoussol · 2 years ago
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Livre en anglais 2003 En état d'usage En 1944, dans un hôpital soviétique, Rudik, six ans, danse pour son premier public : aucun des soldats mutilés n'oubliera cet instant éblouissant... Dès lors, ce fils de paysan sait. Il sait qu'il ne reculera devant rien : mentir à sa mère, braver la colère du père, endurer brimades et humiliations. Pour danser comme il le doit, il ira jusqu'à s'exiler à jamais. Travailleur acharné, obsédé de beauté et de perfection, Rudik fascinera tous ceux qui croiseront sa route, leur offrant le sentiment d'avoir côtoyé un ange ou un démon, un vrai génie, un monstre de sexe et d'excès. #oiseaumortvintage #melodieensoussol #butindechine #retourdechine #librairie #libraire #librairiemarseille #librairieindependante #librairiedoccasion #librairieenligne #livresdoccasion #onlinebookstore #bookstore #livrerare #vintage #vintagebook #colummccann https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPinfrMPrO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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thebeautyinthestruggle · 3 years ago
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A love story about the intertwined history between Ireland and the US. Perfect for March, ~less perfect~ to be posting about it so late. #colummccann #transatlantic #irishauthors #bookreview #instabooks #igreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CdVsgM9O_Mp4V6blZGf2oE_wNRjQ8nuyYsq_tg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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fuk-iu · 6 years ago
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“The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.” - Colum McCann, Let the great world spin 🌍 . 📖 #bookreview !! 📖 I finished this about a week ago. Things have been busy, with all this packing for college and stuff, but I’d hate to pass the opportunity to write a review on this bad boy. It’s a collection of shortstories that come together at some point. You see different points of view from multiple characters, which adds originality to this novel. The writing is beautiful and the characters are diverse; if you’re a sucker for great meaningful quotes, just like I am, you’ll find a bunch of those too. I don’t want to spoil anything, so just trust me on this. It’s a solid 5 stars! . . I don’t feel like I’m doing justice to this book, so look it up and let me know what you think of it! . . . #booknerdigans #bookaholics #bookquotes #bibliophile #cititulnuingrasa #bookstagram #letthegreatworldspin #colummccann #quotes #bookish #booknerd #booklove #bookstagrammer #instabook #tbr #bookrating https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6biP9F5gq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xccbx63gxbqh
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valleyofstories · 4 years ago
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Conflict. Often meaningless insecurities and jealousies form the basis of conflict. We are better than that. We are all the same-- we bleed the same colored blood, we get hurt and we are sensitive. Instead of differences, let's try and be better than our insecurities. Here's the detailed book review of this remarkable book, Aperiogon-- a masterpiece by Colum McCann. Many thanks to @bookopia @moonbeams.stardust @wantonruminating for letting me be a part of this. It has saved my life. Book Review: The most remarkable thing about this book is the way it brings forth the horrors of Israeli Palestinian conflict and yet manages to leave you with hope.  One of the rare books where the masterful storytelling takes precedence over the story itself. Don't get me wrong, the story is immensely raw and powerful: pushes one to dive into the depths of the primitive urges of walking the path of violence, the mistaking of justice for revenge, and the inevitable chaos and hurt that are bound to spring from it if we surrender to the industry of fear. But it is the storytelling that leaves me impressed. Fractured, sure, but it successfully stretches out singularity of art across the ages, boundaries and time (Music is liquid architecture  and architecture is frozen music - Goethe; The Emperor of Atlantis - Victor Ullmann; the origin of Mayday, Mayday, Mayday). The story is alive, it has a rhythm and a soul. It is not often one come across a writer that pushes the boundaries of the craft so boldly.  The characters couldn't possibly be more different: one Israeli, another Palestinian. Cataloged as per their religion, their dress and geography, much like the birds in the book, but one cannot escape the fact that they are as similar as they are different. Their grief of losing a child is universal, their humiliation in the face of being strip searched, often in front of their own kids, is universal. The need for dignity is universal. The plea for dialog, for hope, for putting an end to the meaningless ordeal of losing a loved one, is universal. #bookreviews #aperiogon #colummccann #palestine #israel #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookpic #bookslover https://www.instagram.com/p/CPDQXWgFvlg/?utm_medium=tumblr
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miss-mesmerized · 4 years ago
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Colum McCann – Apeirogon
Zwei Väter, Rami Elhanan und Bassam Aramin, die unzählige Gemeinsamkeiten haben. Beide haben sie eine Tochter verloren, beide leben sie auf demselben Fleckchen Erde, beide wollen den anderen verstehen, beide wollen Frieden. Doch es trennen sie auch Welten: Rami ist Israeli, Bassam Palästinenser. Ramis Tochter wurde bei einem hinterhältigen Selbstmordattentat getötet, Bassams Tochter durch die Waffe eines israelischen Soldaten. Sie können sich nicht gegenseitig besuchen, das verbietet das Gesetz und an Checkpoints wird dies kontrolliert. In der Organisation “Parents Circle“ treffen sich Eltern wie sie, die durch den Konflikt ihre Kinder verloren haben und nur einen Wunsch haben: dass nicht noch mehr Eltern dieses Martyrium erleiden müssen.
 Colum McCanns Roman ist eine Mischung aus Fakt und Fiktion. Die beiden Väter und ihre Töchter sind real, jedoch nicht alle Gedanken und Ereignisse, die geschildert werden. Auch wird die Handlung durch zahlreiche Fakten ergänzt, die Lexikon-gleich das Geschilderte untermauern und auch versachlichen. Bevor es zu emotional wird, tritt man wieder einen Schritt zur��ck. Man bewegt sich immer wieder hin und her in diesem Spannungsfeld, das auch durch die 1000 Kapitel, die zunächst aufsteigend, dann absteigend nummeriert sind, unterstützt wird. Dieser Wechsel des Blickwinkels ist es auch, der schon im Titel festgeschrieben ist: ein „Apeirogon“ ist ein Vieleck mit einer gegen Unendlich gehenden Anzahl von Seiten. In der Nahaufnahme sieht man eine Linie und einen Winkel, aus der Ferne stellt sich die Figur jedoch womöglich ganz anders dar. So auch der Konflikt, der sich aus der Ferne zwischen zwei Staaten oder Völkern abspielt, aus der Nähe betrachtet jedoch das Schicksal einzelner Menschen besiegelt.
 Es ist nicht leicht zu fassen und zu verstehen, was Bassam und Rami erleiden. Dies wird durch Schleifen und Wiederholungen angedeutet, die gleich dem Leiden und gedanklichen Kreise-Drehen um immer wieder dasselbe Ereignis funktionieren. Smadar und Abir kannten sich nicht, zwischen ihren Todestagen liegen zehn Jahre und doch wurden ihre Schicksale miteinander verbunden; sie stehen auf verschiedenen Seiten desselben ermüdenden Konflikts und beide haben als junge Mädchen völlig sinnlos ihr Leben gelassen.
 „Damals fehlte mir das Bewusstsein, um es mir einzugestehen, aber verstehen Sie? Ich war Ende vierzig, und zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben begegneten mir Palästinenser als menschliche Wesen. (...) ich erkannte sie als Menschen, die die gleiche Last trugen wie ich, dasselbe Leid empfanden. Ihr Schmerz war mein Schmerz.“
 Zwei Seiten des Nahostkonflikts, gespiegelt in einem einzigen Roman. Eine Geschichte über Gewalt und Leid, aber auch über Vergebung und Aufeinanderzugehen. Ein politischer Roman, der jedoch das persönliche Schicksal ins Zentrum rückt und zeigt, dass viel zu oft die Menschen vergessen werden, die hinter politischen Entscheidungen stehen, die diese ausbaden und unter ihnen leiden. Auch McCann liefert keine Lösung, aber Hoffnung darauf, dass ein Wille vorhanden nicht, nicht noch mehr Leid zu produzieren. Für mich einer der literarisch ausgereiftesten und inhaltlich bedeutsamsten Romane des Jahres.
https://missmesmerized.wordpress.com/2020/12/26/colum-mccann-apeirogon/
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hcdahlem · 4 years ago
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Avec 3 titres en littérature française et 3 titres en littérature étrangère, la rentrée chez Belfond sera équilibrée. On se réjouit de découvrir "La race des orphelins" d'Oscar Lalo, "Mon père, ma mère, mes tremblements de terre" de Julien Dufresne-Lamy, "Les Déviantes" de Capucine Delattre, "Apeirogon" de Colum McCann, "L’heure des spécialistes" de Barbara Zoeke et "Poison Florilegium" de Annalena McAfee. Des ouvrages à retrouver aussi dans le grand guide de la rentrée Littéraire 2020. #laracedesorphelins #OscarLalo #monperemameremestremblementsdeterre #JulienDufresneLamy #LesDeviantes #CapucineDelattre #Apeirogon #ColumMcCann #lheuredesspecialistes #BarbaraZoeke #PoisonFlorilegium #AnnalenaMcAfee #editionsbelfond #hcdahlem #roman #lecture #livre #RentréeLittéraire2020 #aparaitre #RL2020 https://collectiondelivres.wordpress.com/le-grand-guide-de-la-rentree-2020-2/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDQ9YRzHHdp/?igshid=19kpr607es626
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hotshotdebut · 4 years ago
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#2020BookerPrize #HilaryMantel #themirrorandthelight #colummccann #apeirogon #bookerprize https://www.instagram.com/p/CDLSDX_ApNa/?igshid=1us6ow66duudg
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shortandsweetfilmreviews · 6 years ago
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My favorite book of the past 10-years. #LetTheGreatWorldSpin #ColumMcCann @jjabramsofficial I read you own the rights, any chance I can get an update? Please? https://www.instagram.com/p/BpS8r24lsU3/?igshid=m0ey2id14aya
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chrissorensen · 5 years ago
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My favorite outtake of Irish writer and National Book Award winner Colum McCann, shot last month for Weekend Confidential in the @wsj. . . #colummccann #portrait #portraits #portraiture #portraitoftheday #portraitphotography #portraitphotographer #portraitperfection #makeportraits #makeportraitsnotwar #editorial #editorialphotography #editorialphotographer #editorialshoot #myfujifilm #fuji #fujifilm #fujifeed #fujifilm_us #portraitmood #gfx50r #mediumformat #portraitvision #portraitmood #portrait_vision #portrait_mood #portrait_planet #portrait_mf #godox #ad200 #oliphantbackdrops https://www.instagram.com/p/B9M9u9xAcH7/?igshid=1okz8zz2yyebk
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locuradelibrosblog · 7 years ago
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TRECE FORMAS DE MIRAR #ColumMcCann @seix_barral @planetadelibros ¡Muy muy recomendable! #leyendo 👊 Una emotiva reflexión acerca del poder sanador de la literatura. En la nouvelle que da nombre a este libro, un juez octogenario rememora su ilustre pasado e intenta tomarse con humor un presente penoso, sin saber que esa mañana será la última de su vida. En «Shjol», una madre se enfrenta a la desaparición de su hijo mientras nadaba en el mar, lo que la llevará a reflexionar sobre la limitación de las palabras a la hora de referirnos a la pérdida. En «Tratado», una monja descubre en las noticias que el hombre que la secuestró y abusó de ella, miembro de la guerrilla latinoamericana, está vivo y se hace pasar por un agente de paz. Y en «Donde estás, ¿qué hora es?», un escritor trata de elaborar una historia creíble sobre una marine estadounidense en Afganistán que llama a su casa por Navidad. 👊 #TreceFormasdeMirar #SeixBarral #Novela #Lee #Leer #Libro #SiempreBuenosLibros #SiempreLibros #NovedadesEditoriales #QueLeer #book #instafit #megustaleer #Otoño #blogger #blog #read #Leoycomparto #PepaEntreLibros #LocuradeLibros #ClubdeLectura #ClubdeLecturaLL #librosrecomendados #LeoyRecomiendo #FelicesLecturas ����📚❤️
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ellebooklover · 4 years ago
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✨ What do you do in your free time besides reading? . . 🫖 For me it’s dancing! As I stated in an earlier post I started taking ballet lessons when I was 7 and later added modern dance. I love this feeling when you’re in a flow, nothing but the music fills your head and there are no thoughts anymore because your body takes over. . Last year I read “The Dancer” by Colum McCann. The book is about the famous dancer Nurejew but it’s not a biography, it’s written like a novel based on facts so we get a glimpse into Nurejew’s life, the political difficulties of being a dancer from the Soviet-union and the people who got to know Nurejew. . . Have a good day! 💕 . . #bookstagram #book #bücherliebe #leseratte #bookstagramming #newbookstagrammer #bookstagramdeutschland #bookbooksandmorebooks #bookishflatlay #booksconnectus #booksofinstagram #bookcommunity #ballet #dancer #tanz #hooby #nurejew #bookishlove #booklover #readinginside #readinginbed #booksinbed #readaholic #colummccann https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4fr5ygl98/?igshid=1qz2arhazjfeb
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fuk-iu · 6 years ago
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“Repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.” - Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin 🌍 . . . #booknerdigans #octobertbr #reading #quotes #colummccann #letthegreatworldspin #bookstagram #bookish #bibliophile #bookquotes #romance #fiction #tbr #booknerd #bookworm #cititoridinromania #cititoripasionati #readers https://www.instagram.com/p/Bobe-p0HXgy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l17bwtsccpz9
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pl00mpl00m · 6 years ago
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« La plupart de ceux qui ont un peu de jugeote savent que l’amour change au fil du temps. Selon l’énergie qu’on lui consacre, on le garde, on s’y accroche ou on le perd. » Colum Mc Cann (Écrivain irlandais 1965-) #colummccann #amour #amourevolue #lien #relation #citation #citationdujour
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jdejavier-blog · 7 years ago
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50 consejos para ser escritor, unas normas básicas para regular nuestra afición a la escritura. #book #bookstagram #books #writer #bookstore #love #read #reading #writing #photography #color #seixbarral #colummccann (en La librería de Javier)
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