This Side of Brightness A Novel |
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| Author:
| McCann, Colum |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56895-587-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $54.45 |
Book Description:
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Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City. He works as a sandhog. The sandhogs - black, white, Irish, Italian - dig underground together, but above ground the men keep their distance, until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow sandhogs that will bless and curse the next three generations. Years later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, recounts his strategies of survival during a harsh winter - killing rats, washing...
More DescriptionNathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City. He works as a sandhog. The sandhogs - black, white, Irish, Italian - dig underground together, but above ground the men keep their distance, until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow sandhogs that will bless and curse the next three generations. Years later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, recounts his strategies of survival during a harsh winter - killing rats, washing in the snow. McCann fuses these two stories to form a beautiful tale of family, race, and redemption.