Apeirogon

Bloomsbury presents Apeirogon written and read by Colum McCann.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX MÉDICIS AND THE PRIX FEMINA
WINNER OF THE PRIX DE MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A BBC BOOK OF 2020

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, i PAPER, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SCOTSMAN, IRISH TIMES, BBC.COM, WATERSTONES.COM

‘A wondrous book. It left me hopeful’ Elizabeth Strout
‘You have to read Apeirogon’ Sunday Times
‘Nothing like any book you’ve ever read’ Michael Cunningham
‘Quite extraordinary’ Kamila Shamsie

The novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief.

Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another – yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami’s license plate is yellow. Bassam’s license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half.

Both men have lost their daughters. Rami’s thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn’t had time to eat yet.

The men become the best of friends.

In this epic novel – named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides – Colum McCann crosses centuries and continents, stitching time, art, history, nature and politics into a tapestry of friendship, love, loss and belonging. Musical, muscular, delicate and soaring, Apeirogon is the novel for our times.

'A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully beating heart' KAMILA SHAMSIE

©2020 Colum McCann (P)2020 Penguin Random House Audio

Amazing

it was really difficult to get into the book to start with, with its rapid fire style but once I did, I relished the word, sentence, paragraph hapters. Each so powerful in the brevity and punching sentiments... this book is not for everyone, but having lived in the Middle East for 12 years, there were parts that were so saddly familiar ... its an appalling situation and no end in site.

Savoured every word of this beautifully crafted book

Such an insightful and important story. I loved listening to it. The voice was compelling and the story, more so.

Novel, truly novel.

Beautifully written and read. A combination of empathy for the individual character and penetrating description of the historical political scenario.