Beskrivelse
A lost masterpiece republished for 2018, A Different Drummer is for readers who have been waiting for the next rediscovered classic! 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. - 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 ...
Yderligere information
| Forfatter(e) | William Melvin Kelley |
|---|---|
| Kategori | Bøger |
| Genre(r) | Skønlitteratur |
| Udgivelsesdato | Er udgivet |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN-13 | 9781787478039 |
| ISBN-10 | 1787478033 |
| Sidetal | 336 |
| Tags | A Different Drummer, Bøger, Bog |
| GPSR | Produktsikkerhed |
