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A Different Drummer - the extraordinary rediscovered classic (Paperback) Loot Price: R276
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A Different Drummer - the extraordinary rediscovered classic (Paperback): William Melvin Kelley

A Different Drummer - the extraordinary rediscovered classic (Paperback)

William Melvin Kelley

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'More than lives up to the hype' Observer 'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row 'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times 'The lost giant of American literature' New Yorker 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. 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.

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Imprint: Riverrun Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2018
First published: 2018
Authors: William Melvin Kelley
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-1-78747-803-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
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LSN: 1-78747-803-3
Barcode: 9781787478039

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