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We Cast a Shadow

Autor Maurice Carlos Ruffin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 ian 2019
Abold,provocativedebutforfansofGetOutandPaulBeatty'sTheSellout,aboutafatherwhowilldoanythingtoprotecthisson--evenifitmeansturninghimwhite.Howfarwouldyougotoprotectyourchild?Ournarratorfacesanimpossibledecision.Likeanyfather,hejustwantsthebestforhissonNigel,abiracialboywhoseblackbirthmarkisgrowinglargerbytheday.Inthisnear-futuresocietyplaguedbyresurgentracism,segregation,andexpandingprivateprisons,ournarratorknowsNigelmightnotsurvive.Havingwatchedtheworldtakeawayhisownfather,heisdeterminedtostophistoryfromrepeatingitself.Thereisonepotentialsolution:anewexperimentalmedicalprocedurethatpromisestosavelivesbyturningpeoplewhite.ButinordertoaffordNigel'swhitenessoperation,ournarratormustmakepartnerasoneofthefewBlackassociatesathislawfirm,jumpingthroughaseriesofincreasinglysurrealhoops--fromdiversitycommitteestoplantationtourstoequalityactivistgroups--inanurgentquesttoprotecthisson.Thiselectrifying,suspensefulnovelisatoncearazor-sharpsatireofsurvivingracisminAmericaandaprofoundlymovingfamilystory.WritinginthetraditionofRalphEllisonandFranzKafka,MauriceCarlosRuffinfearlesslyshinesalightontheviolenceweinherit,andonthedesperatethingswedofortheoneswelove.
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ISBN-13: 9780525509066
ISBN-10: 0525509062
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 161 x 241 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: RANDOM HOUSE USA INC