Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Why history or significant occasions leave hidden truth inside it? The process of scrapping that truth in a molding manner is quite appealing for the readers to read out. The novel “Let the Great World Spin” is flawlessly penned down by engaging an important event of past 9/11 through the lens of Philippe Petit's tightrope walk connecting twin towers in the year of 1974. It defines twelve people who witnessed the walk of tightrope and the people who are not directly connected to one another as the plot blossoms. This novel is a culture and social class depiction that seems at the continuing nature of our daily experiences, how the incidental falls in undying memory. It is the allegory of 9/11 and a novel that attempts to discover joy, optimism and a minute glimmer of grace.

Phillipe Petite strung a wire in the year of 1974 between the Twin Towers and walked for a couple of hours in the air around them. The depiction of bouncing action is the greatest piece of historical art ever conceived and forms the sketch around the complex novel. The portrayal of wire man thrills the novel, as the characters watch him, talk about him, inspired by him and also tried his stunts. The character of monk; Corrigan, was torn between the love of God and love of a woman. “Let the Great World Spin” adopts the lives of individuals group before and after Philippe Petit walk on August 7, 1974. However, the novel does not sketch Petit as its key or main character; the experiences of all main characters interconnect with the walk of Petit in a central way that creates an enigma around the event.

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