Bibliograph

Apeirogon, a novel, Colum McCann

Type

Label

Apeirogon, a novel, Colum McCann

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Apeirogon

Responsibility statement

Colum McCann

Sub title

a novel

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification