This Side of Brightness
This Side of Brightness is a novel by Colum McCann about two men separated by nearly a century whose lives intersect through the tunnels beneath New York City. One is a sandhog who helped build the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s, and the other is a modern tunnel worker. Through their stories, McCann explores themes of love, loss, immigration, and the hidden infrastructure that supports urban life. The novel weaves together their narratives to reveal how the past shapes the present, and how ordinary people contribute to extraordinary feats of engineering and human connection.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN-13
- 9781408846216
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Homelessness and survivalNew York City historyClass and social inequality
Awards
- International Dublin Literary AwardShortlistedMajor(2000)
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