I recommend committing to it in a shorter time frame so the narrative threads don’t unravel.įor those interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or history and art enthusiasts looking to be mesmerized by McCann’s vast and seemingly endless allusions, the novel is a home run. The structure is demanding and can be difficult to follow-particularly the core stories of Rami and Bassam-if the book is read over a long stretch. Written in 1001 sections, counting up to 500 and back down to one, the novel is a hybrid of interlocking narratives, historical accounts, metaphorical explorations, photographs, and philosophical musings. The title, a geometrical term expressing a polygon with an infinite number of countable sides, conveys the structure of the book. Israeli Rami Elhanan and Palestinian Bassam Aramin are grieving fathers brought together by losses that unite them across cultural and spiritual divides in National Book Award-winner Colum McCann’s latest novel, Apeirogon.
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