6/11/2023 0 Comments Book let the great world spin![]() ![]() The other narratives-the stories that have nothing to do with Corrigan-are held together by the tightrope walk. He occupies a great deal of the novel, whether directly or indirectly, and the majority of the stories engage with either his life working with and befriending prostitutes in the Bronx or with his eventual death in a car crash. Corrigan, an Irishman who becomes a Catholic monk working in the Bronx, is an example of this. This is often brought to bear through the use of several key characters whose stories frequently stand out and resurface in the many others. ![]() At the same time, some of the stories, however disparate, actually do link up with one another. Rather, they often simply overlap with it, even if just for a moment, creating something of a mosaic held together by the unifying event. Unconcerned with forging a linear storyline, the book loosely centers itself around Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974, though not all of the stories directly relate to this event. Let the Great World Spin is a polyphonic novel, which means that it is written from multiple different perspectives, ultimately following a large cast of characters. ![]()
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