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Newfoundland, 1919
year. Two pilots who fought in the First World War conceived a landmark adventure -
they dream of making a non-stop transatlantic flight between Europe
and America for the first time in history. Dublin, 1845. Frederick Douglass
makes a world tour promoting his autobiographical book. To Ireland
he arrived deliberately, believing that the Irish would be sympathetic to the ideas
abolitionism, because the persecuted will always understand the persecuted, and poverty and hardship
even a black American slave can surprise the Irish. New York, 1998
year. Senator George Mitchell, leaving a young wife and a newborn baby,
flies to Belfast, where he is to negotiate a truce between the IRA and
by the British authorities. They chose him on purpose, believing that the son of an Irish father
and Lebanese mothers, American by birth, will be able to connect the unconnected. These
three lines will converge at one point, repeating the bends of world tragedies.
Transatlantic is Colum McCann's most mature novel, it is a profound
reflection on history and the role of the individual in it. This is a novel about
no matter how tragic and grandiose the history of mankind, it is determined
the strength, vigor and resilience of individuals. 

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Publication language: Russian

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