Opis: A Different Drummer

June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him.

The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic ? yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination.

In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley?s debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article ?The Lost Giant of American Literature?, included as a foreword to this edition.

Szczegóły: A Different Drummer

Tytuł: A Different Drummer
Wydawnictwo: riverrun Quark
ISBN: 9781787478039
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2019
Ilość stron: 302
Format: 13.0x20.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.275 kg

Recenzje: A Different Drummer