Roots
The Saga of an American Family
(Sprache: Englisch)
The radical, bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins - a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature
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The radical, bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins - a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature
Klappentext zu „Roots “
Alex Haley taught himself to write during a twenty-year stint in the US Coast Guard. He became its first Chief Journalist, a position he held until he retired in 1959 to become a magazine writer and interviewer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, after which he spent twelve years researching and writing Roots, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.Alex Haley died in Seattle, Washington in 1992.
Autoren-Porträt von Alex Haley
Alex Haley taught himself to write during a twenty-year stint in the US Coast Guard. He became its first Chief Journalist, a position he held until he retired in 1959 to become a magazine writer and interviewer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, after which he spent twelve years researching and writing Roots, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.Alex Haley died in Seattle, Washington in 1992.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Alex Haley
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 16 Jahre
- 1994, 704 Seiten, Maße: 13 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Vintage, London
- ISBN-10: 0099362813
- ISBN-13: 9780099362814
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.1994
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Roots “
"The book is an act of love, and it is this which makes it haunting" New York Times "A gripping mixture of urban confessional and political manifesto, it not only inspired a generation of black activists, but drove home the bitter realities of racism to a mainstream white liberal audience" Observer "Groundbreaking" Associated Press "A Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the family ancestry of author Alex Haley... [and] a symbolic chronicle of the odyssey of African Americans from the continent of Africa to a land not of their choosing" Washington Post
Pressezitat
Haley succeeds beautifully where many have failed... The book is an act of love, and it is this which makes it haunting James Baldwin New York Times
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