My Monticello
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2021 |
| Seiten | 192 |
| Format | 14,4 x 22,2 x 2,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 306 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781787303027 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78730302UA |
'ELECTRIFYING' Colson Whitehead
'ABSOLUTELY UNFORGETTABLE' Roxane Gay
At a time of rolling blackouts and terrible storms battering America, the neighbourhood of First Street, Charlottesville comes under attack by violent white supremacists. A group of friends, families and strangers flee together in an abandoned bus and head for the hills above town.
Led by Da'Naisha Love, they arrive at Monticello, the historic plantation-home of Thomas Jefferson, deserted but for its ghosts. As a young Black descendant of Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Da'Naisha has a complex relationship with the house. Tentative at first, the group explores rooms, forages on the grounds, and finds a kind of shelter. But the terror from their town is coming closer, and soon they have an impossible decision to make.
My Monticello is the story of nineteen heart-stopping days of refuge and reclamation, told by Da'Naisha with courage and with grace. This deeply moving novel is a searing in dictment of racism past and present, and a powerful vision of resistance, community and hope.
'ONE OF THE FINEST NOVELS OF 2021 and A FUTURE CLASSIC' The Bookseller
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Rezension:
Riveting storytelling. This incandescent work speaks not just to the moment, but to history Publishers Weekly (starred review)
