A Different Drummer

In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article 'The Lost Giant of American Literature', included as a foreword to this edition. June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him. The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination. A lost masterpiece republished for 2018, A Different Drummer is for readers who have been waiting for the next rediscovered classic.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: WILLIAM M KELLEY, William Melvin Kelley, Kelley William Melvin
• Editore: Riverrun
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781787478039
• ISBN: 978-1-78747-803-9
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 163 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Classics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, FICTION / Southern, Relating to African American people, Modern and contemporary fiction, Civil rights & citizenship, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery