Writing to Save a Life (Canons) - Tapa blanda

Wideman, John Edgar

 
9781786893727: Writing to Save a Life (Canons)
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ISBN 10: 178689372X ISBN 13: 9781786893727
Editorial: Canongate Canons, 2018

Sinopsis

When Emmett Till was murdered aged fourteen for allegedly whistling at a white woman, photographs of his destroyed face became a flashpoint in the civil rights movement. A decade earlier Emmett's father, Louis, had also been killed - court-martialled and hanged. Though the circumstances could hardly have been more different, behind both deaths stood the same crime, of being black.

In Writing to Save a Life, John Edgar Wideman, born the same year as Emmett Till, investigates the tragic fates of father and son. Mixing research, memoir and imagination, this book is an essential commentary on racism in America - illuminating, humane and profound.

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Acerca del autor

John Edgar Wideman's books include Writing to Save a Life, Philadelphia Fire, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Roots and Sent for You Yesterday. He is a MacArthur Fellow and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. In 2017, Wideman won the the Prix Femina Étranger for Writing to Save a Life. He divides his time between New York and France.

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Editorial
Canongate Canons
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
178689372X
ISBN 13 
9781786893727
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
208
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9781501147289: Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  1501147285 ISBN 13:  9781501147289
Editorial: Scribner, 2016
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