Apeirogon (novel)

Apeirogon
	First edition
Author	Colum McCann
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Random House (US)
Publication date	25 February 2020
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	480
ISBN	9781400069606
Preceded by	TransAtlantic

Apeirogon is a novel by Colum McCann, published in February 2020.

The novel explores the conflict in the Middle East. It follows the story of two men who each lost a daughter. One is Palestinian, the other Israeli.

Plot[]

The story follows two real life figures: Rami Elhanan, an Israeli graphic designer, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian scholar and previous political prisoner. Consisting of 1001 short sections, the two central figures bond over the untimely deaths of their respective daughters.

Reviews[]

Reviews for the book have been generally positive. Charles Finch in The Washington Post described the book as "a loving, thoughtful, grueling novel.^[1] Shoiab Alam, writing in The Daily Star, hailed the novel as "a masterful and timely literary response to [the] region's neverending horrors."^[2]

Awards[]

Longlist, 2020 Booker Prize^[3]^[4]
Longlist, 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction^[5]
Shortlist, 2020 Prix Médicis étranger^[6]
Shortlist, 2021 ^[7]

References[]

^ Finch, Charles (10 March 2020). "TColum McCann's 'Apeirogon' takes an elliptical approach to the unending Middle East conflict". Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ Alam, Shoiab (May 20, 2021). "Fatherhood, loss, and healing in Colum McCann's 'Apeirogon'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
^ Doyle, Martin. "Booker Prize 2020: Colum McCann on longlist heavy with debuts and US authors". The Irish Times.
^ "Apeirogon | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com.
^ "2021 Winners". Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
^ "Prix Médicis : Éric Reinhardt, Camille de Toledo et Hervé Le Tellier dans la deuxième sélection, Emmanuel Carrère n'y figure plus". France Info (in French). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Novel Of the Year Award Shortlist 2021". Zurich Ireland. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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[1] Finch, Charles (10 March 2020). "TColum McCann's 'Apeirogon' takes an elliptical approach to the unending Middle East conflict". Retrieved 26 August 2020.

[2] Alam, Shoiab (May 20, 2021). "Fatherhood, loss, and healing in Colum McCann's 'Apeirogon'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

[3] Doyle, Martin. "Booker Prize 2020: Colum McCann on longlist heavy with debuts and US authors". The Irish Times.

[4] "Apeirogon | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com.

[5] "2021 Winners". Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

[6] "Prix Médicis : Éric Reinhardt, Camille de Toledo et Hervé Le Tellier dans la deuxième sélection, Emmanuel Carrère n'y figure plus". France Info (in French). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[7] "Novel Of the Year Award Shortlist 2021". Zurich Ireland. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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