Apeirogon

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Call Number: Fiction / McCann, Colum, Adult Book / Fiction / General / McCann, Colum
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of intractable conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to take to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend. Theirs is a life in which children from both sides of the wall throw stones at one another. But their worlds shift irreparably when ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet meant to quell unruly crowds, and again when thirteen-year-old Smadar becomes the victim of suicide bombers. When Bassam and Rami learn one another's stories and the loss that connects them, they become part of a much larger tale that ranges over centuries and continents. Apeirogon is a novel that balances on the knife edge of fiction and nonfiction. Bassam and Rami are real men and their actual words are a part of this narrative, one that builds through thousands of moments and images into one grand, unforgettable crescendo"-- Provided by publisher.

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A Meditation on Violence submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on July 24, 2020, 10:14am based on the true story of this friendship: two men (Rami, a Israeli, and Bassam, a Palestinian) had young daughters killed in the conflict. Then they become friends. The fathers work together for decades

Interesting structure .... There are 1001 sections, some only a sentence long. They are about weapons invention, ornithology, and human nature.

Intriguing and poignant and touching.