{"product_id":"conversations-with-colum-mccann-paperback","title":"Conversations with Colum McCann - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEarl G. Ingersoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMary C. Ingersoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Colum McCann\u003c\/i\u003e brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, \u003ci\u003eFishing the Sloe-Black River\u003c\/i\u003e, to a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews represent the development as well as the continuation of McCann's interests. The number and length of the later conversations attest to his star-power. \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e earned him the National Book Award and promises to become a major motion picture. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, has awed readers with its dynamic yoking of the 1845-46 visit of Frederick Douglass to Ireland, the 1919 first nonstop transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and Senator George Mitchell's 1998 efforts to achieve a peace accord in Northern Ireland. An extensive interview by scholar Cécile Maudet is included here, as is an interview by John Cusatis, who wrote \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Colum McCann\u003c\/i\u003e, the first extensive critical analysis of McCann's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An author who actually enjoys talking about his work, McCann (b. 1965) offers insights into his method of writing, what he hopes to achieve, as well as the challenge of writing each novel to go beyond his accomplishments in the novel before. Readers will note how many of his responses include stories in which he himself is the object of the humor and how often his remarks reveal insights into his character as a man who sees the grittiness of the urban landscape but never loses faith in the strength of ordinary people and their capacity to prevail.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarl G. Ingersoll\u003c\/b\u003e (1938-2021) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY College at Brockport. He wrote, edited, and coedited many books, including \u003ci\u003eConversations with May Sarton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Rita Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Anthony Burgess, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConversations with John Banville\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eMary C. Ingersoll \u003c\/b\u003e(1938-2018) was an elementary school teacher who specialized in teaching humanities to gifted students. She was coeditor (with Earl G. Ingersoll) of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Anthony Burgess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186289099001,"sku":"9781496837912","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/a2p5dTBHS1RYby9DQ21HNDRzUW4vZz09.webp?v=1767834401","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conversations-with-colum-mccann-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}