A Different Drummer

di William Melvin Kelley (Autore)

Greg Lockett (Narratore)

Nneka Okoye (Narratore)

riverrun, 2018

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. (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

• Autore: William Melvin Kelley
• Narratore: Greg Lockett, Nneka Okoye
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 07:02:57
• Anno edizione: 2018
• Editore: riverrun
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781787479340