Apeirogon: McCann dazzles with many-faceted exploration of Middle Eastern strife
The Irish writer’s latest work, containing no fewer than 1,001 chapters, is no ordinary novel
FICTION
Apeirogon
By Colum McCann
Bloomsbury, €24
Five years ago, Colum McCann heard two stories that made him “burst out sobbing” in public, much to his embarrassment. These stories were that of two men, Rami and Bassan, one Israeli and one Palestinian.
Rami’s daughter, Smadar, was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in 1997, aged 13. Bassan’s daughter, Abir, having been struck in the back of the head by a Israeli rubber bullet, died in ...