Wench: A Novel (P.S.) (English Edition) Versión Kindle
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- Título del libro : Wench: A Novel (P.S.) (English Edition) Versión Kindle de Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- ISBN: B003100UPQ
- Nombre del archivo: wench-a-novel-p-s-english-edition-versión-kindle.pdf
- Fecha de publicación: 16 diciembre 2009
- Nombre del archivo: 308 páginas pages
- Autor: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Moyenne des commentaires client :4,3 de 5 estrellas estrellas de 5 de 345 Lectores
Nombre del archivo : wench-a-novel-p-s-english-edition-versión-kindle.pdf
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Wench: A Novel (P.S.) (English Edition) Versión Kindle - "This elegantly-structured novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez presents an engrossing subject, shedding much-needed light on the racial intricacies of America's past." -- Margaret Cezair-Thompson, author of The Pirate's Daughter (a #1 Indie Next Pick) "A striking story of heart and mind, Wench, captures time and delivers it to us. A superb and outstanding achievement." -- Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Fall & A Peculiar Grace "With Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez establishes herself as a remarkable storyteller. Through unforgettable characters and luscious prose, the past is able to breathe and live on these pages. Perkins-Valdez establishes herself as a powerful new voice in fiction." -- Tayari Jones, author of Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling Dolen Perkins-Valdez s debut novel, "Wench", is outstanding: well crafted, imaginative, spellbinding, and above all satisfying. --World Literature Today A mesmerizing read. --Seattle Times Perkins-Valdez manages to shed a poetic light on one of the ugliest chapters in American history. --Essence Readers entranced by "The Help" will be equally riveted by Wench. A deeply moving, beautifully written novel told from the heart. --USA Today Absolutely phenomenal. . . . "Wench" is an excellent novel that will appeal to many readers. Debut author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has crafted a historical narrative that shouldn t be missed. --Sacramento Book Review This elegantly-structured novel sheds much-needed light on the racial intricacies of America s past. --Margaret Cezair-Thompson, author of The Pirate's Daughter (a #1 Indie Next Pick) Perkins-Valdez crawls under your skin and probes most gracefully in clear, concise lyric prose, ultimately asking the question that only extraordinary fiction can ask--what would you have done? A superb and outstanding achievement. --Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Fall and A Peculiar Grace --Este texto se refiere a la edición hardcover.. An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresseswench 'wench n. from Middle English "wenchel," 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child.Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which best suits the needs of the Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their black, enslaved mistresses. It's their open secret.Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at Tawawa House. They have become friends over the years as they reunite and share developments in their own lives and on their respective plantations. They don't bother too much with questions of freedom, though the resort is situated in free territory–but when truth-telling Mawu comes to the resort and starts talking of running away, things change.To run is to leave behind everything these women value most–friends and families still down South–and for some it also means escaping from the emotional and psychological bonds that bind them to their masters. When a fire on the resort sets off a string of tragedies, the women of Tawawa House soon learn that triumph and dehumanization are inseparable and that love exists even in the most inhuman, brutal of circumstances–all while they are bearing witness to the end of an era.An engaging, page-turning, and wholly original novel, Wench explores, with an unflinching eye, the moral complexities of slavery. --Este texto se refiere a la edición hardcover.. Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Wench. USA Today called the book "deeply moving" and "beautifully written." Peoplecalled it "a devastatingly beautiful account of a cruel past." O, The Oprah Magazine chose it as a Top Ten Pick of the Month, and NPR named it a top 5 book club pick of 2010. Dolen's fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, StorySouth, and elsewhere. In 2011, she was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She was also awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and has received a DC Commission on the Arts Grant. Dolen teaches in the Stonecoast MFA program. A graduate of Harvard and a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA, Dolen lives in Washington, DC with her family. --Este texto se refiere a la edición hardcover.. Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s enchanting and unforgettable novel, based on little-known fact, combines the narrative allure of Cane River by Lalita Tademy and the moral complexities of Edward P. Jones’s The Known World as it tells the story of four black enslaved women in the years preceding the Civil War.wench 'wench n. from Middle English “wenchel,”1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child.Situated in Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa House is an idyllic retreat for Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their enslaved black mistresses. It’s their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at the resort, building strong friendships over the years. But when Mawu, as fearless as she is assured, comes along and starts talking of running away, things change. To run is to leave everything behind, and for some it also means escaping from the emotional and psychological bonds that bind them to their masters. When a fire on the resort sets off a string of tragedies, the women of Tawawa House soon learn that triumph and dehumanization are inseparable and that love exists even in the most inhuman, brutal of circumstances—all while they bear witness to the end of an era.An engaging, page-turning, and wholly original novel, Wench explores, with an unflinching eye, the moral complexities of slavery.“Readers entranced by The Help will be equally riveted by Wench. A deeply moving, beautifully written novel told from the heart.”—USA Today
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