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Bezig met laden... Like Trees, Walking: A Novel (2008)door Ravi Howard
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A novel based on true accounts of the murder of Michael Donald, age 19, in Mobile, Alabama. Michael Donald was murdered and hung in a tree by three white men, who were angered by the mistrial of a black man who had killed a white police officer. This story is most subtly about Paul, the friend who had found Michael the morning of March 21, 1981, through the narration of Paul’s younger brother. In 1981 such atrocities still occurred. Because of the incredulousness, perhaps, is why Michael’s death affected the people of Mobile so significantly, unable to ever forget. ( ) Howard explores a compelling and disturbing topic, the lynching of a young black man in 1981 Mobile Alabama, and its ripple effect on teenage Roy Deacon and his family who have owned a funeral home for generations. I understand that the novel was developed out of a short story. It shows. There isn't really enough here for a full novel. Howard is a promising writer, however, and it will be interesting to see what he might write next. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Based on the true story of a modern-day lynching in America, Ravi Howard's widely acclaimed debut novel exposes one of the most tragic chapters in the history of the American South. On the morning of March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was found dead, his body badly beaten and hanging from a tree on Herndon Avenue. Brothers Paul and Roy Deacon of the Deacon Memorial Funeral Home are called upon to bury their close friend and classmate, and the experience will leave them forever changed. Along with other residents of their hometown, the Deacon brothers must struggle to understand the circumstances surrounding Donald's murder--the city's first lynching in more than sixty years and a gruesome reminder of racial inequalities in the New South. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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