Colum McCann has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is Thalia Book Club: Colum McCann's 'Let the Great World Spin' and Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn'.
Dancer
Summary
Taking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him. There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her protégé from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, who reveals the lurid underside of the gay celebrity set. Spanning four decades and many worlds, from the horrors of the Second World War to the wild abandon of New York in the '80s, Dancer is peopled by a large cast of characters, obscure and famous: doormen and shoemakers, nurses and translators, Margot Fonteyn, Eric Bruhn, and John Lennon. And at the heart of the spectacle stands the artist himself, willful, lustful, and driven by a never-to-be-met need for perfection.
©2003 Colum McCann (P)2021 Random House Audio
Danseur
Summary
Dans le plus ambitieux de ses romans à ce jour, Colum McCann réinvente la figure de Rudolf Noureïev, celui dont le nom fut synonyme de génie, de sexe et d'excès. Des horreurs de la bataille de Stalingrad à la permissivité sauvage du New York des années soixante-dix, entouré d'une impressionnante cohorte de personnages, réels ou imaginaires, se tient l'artiste : volontaire, lascif, ambitieux, mû par le besoin d'une perfection à jamais hors d'atteinte. Il en résulte une monumentale histoire d'amour, d'art et d'exil. >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.
©2003 Place des Éditeurs. Traduit de l'anglais (Irlande) par Jean-Luc Piningre (P)2017 Audible Studios
Thalia Book Club: Colum McCann's 'Let the Great World Spin' and Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn'
Summary
The Irish writers and good friends discuss their newest novels (each of which is set in New York City and was chosen by Amazon as one of the Top 4 Books of 2009) with each other and the audience. Michael Cerveris performs excerpts from both authors. A book signing follows.
©2010 Symphony Space (P)2010 Symphony Space