02243cim a2200397 i 4500 513121388 TxAuBib 20200513120000.0 d 191205s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307878045 030787804X 9780307878045 54500 12403143 PRHA 3095 Penguin Random House Audio (OCoLC)1134532706 TOH eng TOH TEF OCLCF RECBC YU6 OCLCQ OCLCO NZAUC TxAuBib rda McCann, Colum. Apeirogon [cd audiobook] / Colum McCann. Unabridged. [New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, Inc., 2020. 12 audio discs (15 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. spw rdacontent s rdamedia sd rdacarrier Title from container. Compact discs. Read by the author. Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on, to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, that they must negotiate. Their worlds shift irreparably after ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet, and thirteen-year-old Smadar becomes the victim of suicide bombers. When Bassam and Rami learn of one another's stories, they recognize the loss that connects them, and they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace. McCann crafts this novel out of a dazzling universe of fictional and non-fictional material. He crosses centuries and continents with ease, stitching time, art, history, nature, and politics together in a tale both heartbreaking and hopeful. McCann writes to embrace the extraordinary and at the same time, prevents the ordinary from drifting into oblivion. 20200513. Jewish-Arab relations Fiction. Palestinian Arabs Fiction. Israelis Fiction. Political fiction. Audiobooks.