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A Different Drummer
- the extraordinary rediscovered classic
Engelsk Paperback
A Different Drummer
- the extraordinary rediscovered classic
Engelsk Paperback

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''More than lives up to the hype'' Observer
''Set to become a publishing sensation'' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row
''An astounding achievement'' Sunday Times
''The lost giant of American literature'' New Yorker

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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781787478039
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1787478033
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2018
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2018
Forfatter(e):
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