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Small Great Things de Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things

Autor Jodi Picoult
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 oct 2016

Descoperim în această lucrare o structură narativă complexă, în care Jodi Picoult își exercită remarcabila capacitate de a diseca o dilemă etică imposibilă prin ochii a trei personaje divergente. Vocea narativă a lui Ruth Jefferson, o asistentă medicală devotată, ne introduce într-o realitate unde profesionalismul se izbește brutal de prejudecată: părinții unui nou-născut interzic unei femei de culoare să le atingă copilul. Tensiunea se acumulează în momentele de liniște ale secției de neonatologie, transformându-se într-o dramă juridică intensă atunci când o decizie de o secundă devine subiectul unui proces pentru crimă. Suntem de părere că forța acestui roman rezidă în refuzul de a oferi răspunsuri facile, forțând cititorul să privească dincolo de propriile convingeri despre dreptate și egalitate. Forța narativă a lui Jodi Picoult din Mercy, unde explorează limitele moralității în fața morții, se combină aici cu sensibilitatea socială regăsită în Such a Fun Age de Kiley Reid — dar cu un glas propriu, mult mai ancorat în mecanismele procedurale ale sistemului de justiție american. Dacă în A Spark of Light autoarea analiza dreptul asupra propriului corp, în Small Great Things ea mută reflectorul asupra rasismului cotidian, cel ascuns sub masca bunelor intenții sau a procedurilor spitalicești. Este un roman care nu se mulțumește să spună o poveste, ci chestionează însăși structura privilegiului pe care se sprijină societatea contemporană.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780345544957
ISBN-10: 0345544951
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 161 x 241 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Editura: Random House

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută proză contemporană cu greutate morală și ritm de thriller juridic. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nuanțată asupra modului în care rasa și privilegiul influențează actul de justiție, totul prin prisma unei povești umane sfâșietoare. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care au apreciat analizele sociale ale lui Kiley Reid, dar preferă rigoarea documentării și structura de tip „courtroom drama” specifică stilului Picoult.

Despre autor

Jodi Picoult este o autoare americană de renume internațional, cunoscută pentru cele 27 de romane ale sale care explorează frecvent dileme morale și drame familiale complexe. Deși adesea inclusă în categoria ficțiunii populare, opera sa depășește barierele genului prin abordarea unor teme dificile precum avortul, sinuciderea asistată și relațiile rasiale. Cu peste 40 de milioane de exemplare tipărite și traduceri în 34 de limbi, Picoult a fost distinsă cu New England Bookseller Award. Stilul său se remarcă prin documentarea meticuloasă a procedurilor legale și medicale, oferind cititorilor o bază factuală solidă pentru conflictele emoționale prezentate.

Descriere scurtă

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book."-Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family-especially her teenage son-as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other's trust, and come to see that what they've been taught their whole lives about others-and themselves-might be wrong. With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion-and doesn't offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Small Great Things "Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice."-The Washington Post "A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down."-San Francisco Book Review

Notă biografică

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister’s Keeper. She is also the author, with daughter Samantha van Leer, of two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Picoult lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.

Descriere

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A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017 PICK A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe best books make you see differently. This is one of them. The eye-opening new novel from Jodi Picoult, with the biggest of themes: birth, death, and responsibility.When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father.

What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not.Small Great Things is about prejudice and power; it is about that which divides and unites us.It is about opening your eyes. SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING VIOLA DAVIS AND JULIA ROBERTS

Recenzii

There is a fire raging, and we have two choices: we can turn our backs, or we can try to fight it
The most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written
A thought-provoking and unputdownable novel about race and prejudice that shows Picoult at her very best.
No book could be more timely in its message than Small Great Things . . . The story prodded me to take a good, hard look at my own biases and preconceptions
The book makes for a harrowing and at times heartbreaking read but is absolutely brilliant. It deserves to be read by everyone
The narrative rips along at a great pace, she writes dialogue like a pro, and her suspenseful control of the courtroom scenes is masterfully done.
[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.
[first stripe]

Ruth is a nurse who lives in a good neighbourhood, with a son of whom she could not be more proud.

Kennedy is a lawyer who prides herself on the work she does with disadvantaged minorities.

Turk is a man who believes in the ultimate supremacy of the white race - devastated by the tragic death of his newborn son.

[second stripe]

As a grieving father cries for justice, the hospital seeks a scapegoat: and Ruth could lose everything she has worked so hard to build.

[third stripe]

There is a fire raging, and we have two choices: we can turn our backs, or we can try to fight it. Yes, talking about racism is hard to do, and yes, we stumble over the words - but we who are white need to have this discussion among ourselves. Because then, even more of us will overhear, and - I hope - the conversation will spread.

Author's Note

[fourth stripe]

'This is a writer who understands her characters inside and out.'
Roxane Gay, NYT