Colum McCann

Recentelijk zond de VPRO de documentaire The Hostage Takers uit. De Britse journalist Sean Langan interviewt hierin twee Britse IS-strijders die in 20

The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word

Winner of the National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA AND THE PRIX MEDICIS WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIV

De Palestijn Bassam Aramin en de Israëliër Rami Elhanan zijn allebei vader van een dochter en allebei worden ze geconfronteerd met het ergste dat een

Brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, to a new

Brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, to a pre

Een voormalige Amerikaanse slaaf vindt in 1845 in Ierland een willig oor bij voorvechters van de afschaffing van de slavernij. Twee dappere jonge pilo

An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one. These are eloquent tales of exile and

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • Colum McCann's beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petit's daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the film The

At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far benea

'Remarkable ... nimble, lyrical and wispy' Sunday Times 'An utterly riveting, frequently moving, and staggeringly well-written book' Daily Mail 'Bre

In 1845 vindt een zwarte Amerikaanse slaaf in Ierland een willig oor bij voorvechters van de afschaffing van de slavernij. In 1919 proberen twee dappe

'Beautiful, thoughtful . sharp and scintillatingly sensual' Independent 'With this haunting, poetic work McCann has surely earned his place among t

Colum McCann's first novel goes back to the years before the Spanish Civil War, following the adventures of a peripatetic Irish photographer from the

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE Y