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-,


LibraryShelf NumberMaterial TypeItem BarcodeStatus
Paddington LibraryTALKING BOOKSBook30117034624177Adult lending