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'And then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped? Harriet Tubman. Jesmyn Ward's acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young black men dear to her, including her beloved brother - to accidents, murder and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected by identity and place. As Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: the fates of these young men were predetermined by who they were and where they were from, because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck. The agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own
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Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2018
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- Titolo
- Men We Reaped
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jesmyn Ward
- Editore
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Pubblicato
- 2018
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1408898721
- ISBN13
- 9781408898727
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Storie vere, Biografie, Autobiografie e memorie, Razza, Razzismo, Letteratura afroamericana
- Valutazione
- 4,4 su 5
- Descrizione
- 'And then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped? Harriet Tubman. Jesmyn Ward's acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young black men dear to her, including her beloved brother - to accidents, murder and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected by identity and place. As Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: the fates of these young men were predetermined by who they were and where they were from, because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck. The agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own