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Colum McCann: The European Novel Goes American

In the preface to a collection of new European fiction, novelist Colum McCann asks just what exactly defines national writers in the age of slippery identities and globalization.

Colum McCann
Colum McCann
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James Joyce appeared on an Irish banknote from 1993 to 2002.
Colum McCann

Colum McCann

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