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Fishing the Sloe-Black River by Colum McCann

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Fishing the Sloe-Black River

Author
Colum McCann
Narrator
Colum McCann
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publish Date
16 June 2022
Run Time
5 hours 10 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Short stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

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Bloomsbury presents Fishing the Sloe-Black River written and read by Colum McCann.

‘A gifted and determined stylist, Colum McCann seems to have taken a vow never to write a dull line’ New York Times Book Review

'Orwell would have been proud to journey with a writer as good as Colum McCann' Irish Sunday Independent
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An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one.

These are eloquent tales of exile and displacement, of characters always in search of a way back home or of a way to leave it. Mischievous, assured and versatile, Colum McCann's collection of short stories marks him out as one of our best contemporary writers.

Critics Review

  • Orwell would have been proud to journey with a writer as good as Colum McCann

    Irish Sunday Independent

  • A mesmeric find

    Observer

  • His stories are the work of a most vivid imagination, perpetually finding new shapes and ways of examining the world

    Sunday Tribune

  • Rich, powerful stories that place McCann at the front ranks of contemporary Irish writers

    San Francisco Chronicle

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  • Beautiful … These well-made stories, written with fierce beauty, are sure of their effect and power

    Washington Post Book World

  • There is magic in this McCann, and he brings to each page a special sorcery with the voices he conjures … No one can read through and not emerge feeling changed, somehow ennobled by it

    Baltimore Sun

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Details
Author
Colum McCann
Narrator
Colum McCann
Duration
5 hours 10 minutes
Release Date
16 June 2022
ISBN
9781526658852
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre
Short stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

Synopsis

Bloomsbury presents Fishing the Sloe-Black River written and read by Colum McCann.‘A gifted and determined stylist, Colum McCann seems to have taken a vow never to write a dull line’ New York Times Book Review'Orwell would have been proud to journey with a writer as good as Colum McCann' Irish Sunday Independent______________________An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one.These are eloquent tales of exile and displacement, of characters always in search of a way back home or of a way to leave it. Mischievous, assured and versatile, Colum McCann's collection of short stories marks him out as one of our best contemporary writers.

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