Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Wins IMPAC; Roll Film J.J. Abrams
Originally published at aindreas.com. You can comment here or there.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (which I’m currently reading) , is the winner of the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Colum gets the 100,000-euro ($145,000) International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, which is the world’s biggest cash prize for a work of fiction.
The fictional stories in the book are set against the true story of French high wire artist Philippe Petit’s walk between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center in 1974. He beat off competition from 161 other titles to win the prize which is unique in that it receives its nominations from public libraries around the world.
J.J. Abrams has bought the movie rights and has already written the screenplay (along with Colum in Donegal I seem to recall). The book has already won the U.S. National Book (2010?)award.
