Irish writer Colum McCann is currently promoting his latest novel, Transatlantic. A deeply committed writer, he tells the story of Frederic Douglass, a slave living in the United States and freed in 1845, who decides to travel to Ireland to raise awareness of abolitionism.
However, the man doesn’t immediately realize that Ireland has been hit by the Great Famine, and that the Irish people’s living conditions may be even more difficult than the one he experienced before…
With this novel, Colum McCann plunges into the heart of Irish and American history over a period of 2 centuries. An effective stratagem that builds a bridge between the 2 countries, between politics and shared history. A long-awaited novel, hailed by critics as the writer’s most accomplished work to date!
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