This side of brightness
by
McCann, Colum.
Title
:
This side of brightness
Author
:
McCann, Colum.
ISBN
:
9781486245130
Personal Author
:
McCann, Colum.
Edition
:
Unabridged.
Publication Date
:
2015
Physical Description
:
8 audio discs (CD) (09 hr., 04 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container
General Note
:
8 audio CDs.
Duration: 09:04:00.
Abstract
:
In the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Above ground, the sandhogs - black, white, Irish, Italian - keep their distance from each other until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow diggers - a bond that will bless and curse the next three generations. Years later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, endures a punishing winter in his subway nest. In tones ranging from bleak to disturbingly funny, Treefrog recounts his strategies of survival - killing rats, scavenging for discarded soda cans, washing in the snow. Between Nathan Walker and Treefrog stretch seventy years of ill-fated loves and unintended crimes. In a triumph of plotting, the two stories fuse to form a tale of family, race, and redemption that is as bold and fabulous as New York City itself.
Reading Level
:
Adult.
Subject Term
:
Historical fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Added Author
:
Barrett, Joe, 1950-,
Library | Shelf Number | Material Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Paddington Library | TALKING BOOKS | Book | 30117034624177 | Adult lending |