The Water dancer a novel
Coates, Ta-Nehisi 1975-
The Water dancer a novel Ta-Nehisi Coates - 403 Seiten 23 cm
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her, but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children, the violent and capricious separation of families, and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen
9780241325261 pbk. 0241325269 pbk.
Slaves--United States--Fiction
Historical fiction, American
Historical fiction, American
Slaves
United States
Virginia
Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Historical fiction
Virginia--History--Fiction
Trustee
813.6
The Water dancer a novel Ta-Nehisi Coates - 403 Seiten 23 cm
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her, but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children, the violent and capricious separation of families, and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen
9780241325261 pbk. 0241325269 pbk.
Slaves--United States--Fiction
Historical fiction, American
Historical fiction, American
Slaves
United States
Virginia
Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Historical fiction
Virginia--History--Fiction
Trustee
813.6