Considerata una voce pionieristica nella letteratura afroamericana, questa autrice ha sfidato i vincoli sociali per diventare una delle prime donne nere a pubblicare un romanzo in Nord America. La sua opera, riscoperta molto tempo dopo la sua pubblicazione iniziale, offre profonde intuizioni sulle vite e le lotte degli individui emarginati. Con notevole sensibilità e abilità stilistica, esplora temi di identità, sfruttamento e la ricerca incessante della libertà in mezzo a una profonda ingiustizia sociale. La sua scrittura serve come un potente promemoria della resilienza dello spirito umano e del ruolo vitale della narrazione nel comprendere il passato e plasmare il futuro.
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For the 150th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of the pioneering African-American classic, reflecting groundbreaking discoveries about its author's life First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women's hair care market fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker's hair care empire made her the country's first woman millionaire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.