Wench: A Novel - Rilegato

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen

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ISBN 10: 006170654X ISBN 13: 9780061706547

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Slave mistresses Lizzie, Reenie and Sweet travel to a resort in Ohio each year with their white masters, until Mawu shows up and encourages the three others to escape, forcing them to choose between freedom and leaving their friends and families--and the emotional and psychological ties that bind them to their masters. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[E]lectrifying. . . . [T]his remarkable novel skillfully dramatizes a dark chapter in American history. Writing with lyrical grace and a gift for plot development, Perkins-Valdez has produced an inspiring portrait of four brave women and the risks they take to change their lives.” (BookPage)

“[A] fascinating and tragic story. . . . [A] compulsive read.” (NPR.org, Book Club Pick)

“[A] memorable and engaging debut.” (Library Journal, Best Books of 2010)

“A heartbreaker, full of understated tragedy and lyrical prose. . . . Perkins-Valdez has woven a devastatingly beautiful account of a cruel past.” (People)

“Perkins-Valdez manages to shed a poetic light on one of the ugliest chapters in American history.” (Essence)

“Readers entranced by The Help will be equally riveted by Wench. A deeply moving, beautifully written novel told from the heart.” (USA Today)

“A fabulously creative and daring historical novel .” (Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune)

“Perkins-Valdez memorably portrays how the entwined destinies of chattel and master, increasingly related by blood, passion and hatred, prefigure the looming national conflict. This is an almost forgotten, but important, chapter in American history--recorded as fiction but nonetheless full of hard facts.” (Town & Country)

“A mesmerizing read.” (Seattle Times)

“Absolutely phenomenal. . . . Wench is an excellent novel that will appeal to many readers. Debut author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has crafted a historical narrative that shouldn’t be missed.” (Sacramento Book Review)

L'autore:

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Wench. In 2011 she was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She was also awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She lives in Washington, D.C. @Dolen / dolenperkinsvaldez.com

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• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 006170654X
• ISBN 13: 9780061706547
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 293