Zack - Brossura

Bell, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385257112 ISBN 13: 9780385257114

Casa editrice: Doubleday Canada, 1998

Riassunto

"But I don't look like a Jewish Negro or a black Jew. I look like a black. I am of average height, of average build, with wavy hair that I wear very short, and very dark skin. Talk about an identity crisis."

Ten years after Crabbe, Bell returns to the theme of a young man wrestling with his identity. Zack Lane is uncomfortable with his mixed racial origins. He knows much about his father's side, the descendants of Romanian Jews, but his mother broke all ties with her family before Zack was born. Why she did so is the "family mystery."

Zack has recently been uprooted when his parents moved from the largest city in Canada to the outskirts of a small town. Friendless, unsuccessful at school and at the lowest point in his life, he undertakes a research project into the life of Richard Pierpoint, former African slave, soldier in the War of 1812, and the pioneer farmer who cleared the land on which Zack's house now stands. Pierpoint's story inspires Zack to go to Mississippi to look for his maternal grandfather. What he discovers shakes the foundations of all he has believed in.

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Recensione:

"Bell graphically depicts the horror of Tiananmen Square in this powerful and compelling book." --Calgary Herald

L'autore:

William Bell, author, editor and educator, holds Masters degrees in both Education and Literature. Currently the Head of English at Orillia Collegiate, Bell has also taught in Harbin and Beijing. His other novels include Crabbe, No Signature, Speak to the Earth and Forbidden City, which has been translated into more than ten languages.

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• Editore: Doubleday Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385257112
• ISBN 13: 9780385257114
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176