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2013年6月,科伦·麦凯恩(Colum McCann,1965—)出版了新小说《横跨大西洋》(Transatlantic)。麦凯恩的小说喜欢聚焦历史事件,尤其是形形色色的爱尔兰人在几个世纪以来远赴美国的人生经历。获得美国国家图书奖的《转吧,这个伟大的世界》因为以“9·11”事件后的爱尔兰和美国为背景而引起关注,新作《横跨大西洋》写的也是爱尔兰人和美国的关系,而且是很重要的三次关系。第一次是1845年,正当爱尔兰发生土豆大饥荒,弗里德里克·道格拉斯开启了他去美国宣布废除奴隶制的旅程;第二次1919年,
In June 2013, Colum McCann (1965-) published the new novel Transatlantic. McCain’s novels like to focus on historical events, especially the experience of Irish people of all kinds who have traveled to the United States for centuries. The “Turn It, This Great World” won the National Book Award for its attention because of the background of Ireland and the United States after the “9.11” incident. The new book Transatlantic also writes Irish and American Relationship, but also very important three relations. The first was in 1845, just as the potato famine in Ireland took place and Friedrich Douglas opened his journey to the United States to announce the abolition of slavery; the second in 1919,