The Water Dancer - The New York Times Bestseller
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2020 |
| Seiten | 416 |
| Format | 13,0 x 2,7 x 19,8 cm |
| B-format | |
| Gewicht | 290 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0241982510 |
| EAN | 9780241982518 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24198251EA |
THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER
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'One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven't felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .' Oprah Winfrey
Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about - the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully today
Hiram Walker is a man with a secret, and a war to win. A war for the right to life, to family, to freedom.
Born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won't discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war on slavery...
'A transcendent work from a crucial political and literary artist' Diana Evans
'I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me afte r James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates' Toni Morrison
Rezension:
Any writer tackling slavery needs to do something different with it, and The Water Dancer does just that. Coates' rhapsodic prose spins a soaring, scorching, supernatural tale of the imagination that sets this history alight and turns it into an original work of art. Bernardine Evaristo