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En 1972, des ouvriers de Pottstown, dans l’État de Pennsylvanie, découvrent des restes humains au fond d’un puits. À Chicken Hill, quartier pauvre où se côtoient Juifs et Noirs américains, l’identité du squelette et la manière dont il est arrivé là sont deux secrets bien gardés. Moshe et Chona vivent là depuis des lustres, et rien n’échappe à leur attention. Moshe s’occupe du théâtre, et Chona, de la petite épicerie du Paradis sur Terre. Alors, quand les autorités commencent à s’intéresser à un gamin sourd, Chona fait tout pour le protéger, aidée par le concierge du théâtre et leader informel de la communauté noire.

„Povestea lui McBride este o minunată odă închinată umanității.“ – Time Magazine În 1972, când muncitorii din Pottstown, Pennsylvania, săpau fundațiile pentru o nouă construcție, ultimul lucru pe care se așteptau să-l găsească era un schelet în fundul unui puț. Al cui era, cum ajunsese acolo, în cartierul dărăpănat în care imigranții evrei și afro-americani trăiau alături și împărtășeau ambiții și necazuri, era o taină. Dealul Găinilor e locul unde locuiesc Moshe și Chona Ludlow și unde se află magazinul lor, Băcănia Rai și Pământ. Când angajații statului vin în căutarea lui Dodo, băiatul surd iubit de toată comunitatea, vrând să-l interneze într-un azil, Chona și Nate Timblin, liderul neoficial al comunității de culoare de pe Dealul Găinilor, încearcă împreună să-l apere pe băiat. Odată cu poveștile acestor personaje, capătă contur și lupta oamenilor de culoare care trăiesc la periferia Americii albe și creștine. Dezvăluind cele petrecute de-a lungul timpului pe Dealul Găinilor, McBride ne arată cum, chiar și în vremuri întunecate, iubirea și comunitatea – raiul și pământul – sunt cele care ne susțin. „McBride scrie despre rănile adânci ale americanilor cu dragoste, cu furie, animat de un spirit care zboară precum un șoim, în cercuri largi, purtat de vânturile nevăzute ale istoriei.“ - Ethan Hawke „De fiecare dată când citesc una dintre cărțile lui, mă gândesc: «Asta e cea mai bună carte a lui». Nu. ACEASTA e cea mai bună carte a lui.“ - Ann Patchett „Cu povestea lui, McBride surprinde o țară aflată în iureșul schimbării, văzută prin ochii nou-veniților și ai celor ce-au fost cândva sclavi. Prin această evocare, el ne oferă un memento profund: în ciuda aparentei lipse de șanse, iubirea și sprijinul aproapelui ne pot salva.“ - The New York Times Book Review „Un portret bogat, atent conturat, al unei comunități de afro-americani și imigranți evrei din perioada Marii Depresiuni, care trăiesc, iubesc, se luptă și, bineînțeles, muncesc.“ - The Boston Globe James McBride (n. 1957) este scriitor, muzician și scenarist. În 1996 a publicat un volum de memorii, The Color of Water. A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, în care-și povestește copilăria petrecută în sânul unei familii sărace de afro-americani, condusă cu mână de fier de o mamă evreică, care se convertește la creștinism. Cartea a rezistat doi ani în topurile de vânzări The New York Times și a vândut peste 2 milioane de exemplare. Romanul lui din 2002, Miracle at St. Anna, a fost ecranizat în 2008, în regia lui Spike Lee. Un alt roman, publicat în 2013, The Good Lord Bird (Pasărea Bunului Dumnezeu, Pandora M, 2015), a fost recompensat cu National Book Award. Cel mai recent, Prăvălia Rai și Pământ (The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, 2023), a creat o adevărată senzație în lumea literelor americane. James McBride cântă la saxofon și a făcut parte din formația Rock Bottom Remainders, alături de alți scriitori, printre care Stephen King, Amy Tan sau Barbara Kingsolver.

Nata in Polonia in una famiglia di ebrei ortodossi, Rachel Deborah Shilsky cresce nell’America degli anni Venti divisa tra la severità di Tate e la dolcezza di Mame, fino a quando nel 1941 fugge ad Harlem, sposa un nero e viene ripudiata dai suoi familiari. Da allora Rachel Shilsky è morta. Doveva morire per far vivere Ruth McBride Jordan, l’altra, più autentica, versione di sé. James McBride, uno dei suoi dodici figli, è rimasto all’oscuro di tutto ciò fino all’età adulta, quando, per mettere a tacere l’assordante e insistente domanda sulla propria identità, ha deciso di scoprire chi fosse sua madre. Chi è dunque Ruth McBride Jordan? È una donna che ha sempre nascosto le sue origini e il dolore per un passato che è ancora una ferita aperta; è una madre ferocemente protettiva e determinata nel suo amore, che ha imposto regole e preteso una condotta irreprensibile per il bene dei suoi figli; è una bianca, moglie di due uomini neri, per la quale la questione del colore della pelle è sempre stata irrilevante, in un mondo dominato da una spietata divisione razziale. James McBride, una delle voci più interessanti del panorama letterario statunitense, ha impiegato quattordici anni per ricostruire la vita fuori dal comune e densa di difficoltà di sua madre, intrecciando alla voce bruciante e vivace di quest’ultima le proprie esperienze di figlio povero di razza mista, i suoi flirt con la droga e la violenza, fino all’affermazione professionale. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1995, Il colore dell’acqua ebbe un successo clamoroso, vendendo oltre due milioni di copie e rimanendo nella classifica americana per due anni consecutivi. Intenso e toccante racconto a due tracce, celebra l’incrollabile ostinazione di chi nella vita conquista ogni traguardo e lotta per difendere ciò in cui crede. «Ai miei occhi la sua immagine in sella a quella bicicletta simboleggiava tutta la vita di mia madre: la sua stravaganza, il suo disinteresse per quello che gli altri pensavano di lei, la sua noncuranza di fronte a quanto io consideravo un pericolo imminente, cioè i bianchi e i neri che la odiavano perché era una bianca che viveva in un mondo di neri. Non se ne accorgeva».

Explore a groundbreaking and controversial theory of the earth's structure in "Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres: Demonstrating that the Earth is hollow, habitable within, and widely open about the poles." This intriguing work delves into the fascinating concept of a hollow earth, proposing the existence of concentric spheres within our planet, accessible through polar openings. Inspired by the ideas of John Cleves Symmes, this anonymous text presents a detailed vision of an interior world. Venture into a realm of geological speculation and earth theory as the book meticulously lays out its case for a habitable inner earth. This edition offers a meticulously prepared reprint of a historical text, allowing readers to engage directly with the original arguments and explore the enduring appeal of the hollow earth concept. A captivating read for those interested in geology, space science, and the history of unconventional scientific thought. It will also appeal to those fascinated by conspiracy theories and alternative ideas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Barack-Obama-Nummer-1-Lieblingsbuch des Jahres • Publishers-Weekly-Nummer-1-Buch des Jahres • Amazon-Nummer-1-Buch-des-Jahres • New-York-Times-Bestseller Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1972: Beim Ausheben der Fundamente für ein neues Baugebiet stoßen die Arbeiter am Grund eines Brunnens auf ein Skelett. Wem es gehörte und wie es dorthin kam, kann nur wissen, wer in den Zwanziger- und Dreißigerjahren in Chicken Hill gelebt hat, einem heruntergekommenen Viertel, in dem eingewanderte Juden und Afroamerikaner das Glück teilten ebenso wie die Sorgen. Es war auch das Viertel von Moshe und Chona Ludlow, die dort ein Theater und ein Lebensmittelgeschäft betrieben. Bis eines Tages ein tauber Waisenjunge auftauchte, den die staatlichen Behörden in eine Anstalt einweisen wollten. Und seine letzte Hoffnung ruhte auf Moshe und Chona und der Gemeinde von Chicken Hill ... James McBride taucht tief hinab in die Geschichte dieses Viertels und seiner Figuren, in den alltäglichen Kampf am Rande der Gesellschaft, und erzählt durch die Augen der gerade erst Eingewanderten von einem sich rasend schnell verändernden Amerika, das gerade erst dabei war zu werden, was es heute ist. Bis am Ende schließlich die Wahrheit über die Geschehnisse auf dem Chicken Hill ans Licht kommt - und sich einmal mehr zeigt, dass nur die Liebe und die Gemeinschaft - Himmel und Erde - in dunklen Zeiten Halt geben können.

Una inolvidable historia de solidaridad y humanidad entre distintas comunidades en los Estados Unidos de 1930. «Su mejor libro.» Ann Patchett «Una de esas novelas que se convierten en parte de ti. ... Su mejor obra.» Harlan Coben «Adoré este libro.» Bonnie Garmus, autora de Lecciones de química «Incluso en medio de lo más perverso de la humanidad, pueden salvarnos el amor, la comunidad y la acción.» The New York Times Book Review «Una oda maravillosa a la fuerza de la humanidad en un pequeño pueblo.» Time «Una de las mejores novelas del año.» NPR En 1972, cuando unos obreros de la ciudad de Pottstown (Pensilvania) excavan los cimientos de una nueva urbanización, lo último que esperan encontrar es un esqueleto en el fondo de un pozo. De quién es ese esqueleto y cómo ha llegado hasta allí son dos de los secretos que esconde Chicken Hill, el humildísimo barrio donde judíos inmigrantes y afroamericanos comparten ambiciones y penas. Y allí, en Chicken Hill, cuarenta años antes de ese descubrimiento, vivían Moshe y Chona Ludlow: Moshe organizaba conciertos en el teatro que había fundado y Chona regentaba la tienda de comestibles El Cielo y la Tierra. En los años en que el Ku Klux Klan se enseñoreaba y los puestos importantes los ocupaban los blancos, esta novela narra la odisea de varias comunidades que osan enfrentarse a las injusticias. Lo demostrarán el día en que el Estado vino a buscar a un niño sordo para internarlo en un terrible centro, y Nate Timblin, el conserje del teatro de Moshe y líder oficioso de la comunidad negra de Chicken Hill, tomó cartas en el asunto.

Korean edition of [The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store] by James McBride. The Runaway New York Times bestseller. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023. From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick [Deacon King Kong] and the National Book Award-winning [The Good Lord Bird], a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them. Korean edition translated by Ji Min Park.

„N-ar trebui oare să-l declarăm în sfârșit pe James McBride Marele Romancier American?“ Los Angeles Times Când un tânăr traficant de droguri este împușcat în plină zi, în mijlocul cartierului, de un bețiv bătrân și pașnic cunoscut drept Sportcoat, lumea pare să stea în loc. Se țes teorii ale conspirației, se lansează ipoteze fanteziste, iar în tot acest timp improbabilul criminal reușește să pună poliția pe jar, iscă un război între bandele de traficanți, iar acțiunile lui au urmări nebănuite. Un Don Quijote alcoolic din Brooklynul anilor ’60, Sportcoat se numără printre cele mai memorabile personaje ale literaturii americane din ultimii ani. „Mister ce trebuie dezlegat, roman polițist, farsă urbană și portret sociologic al Brooklynului din anii ’60: cartea lui McBride conține o multitudine de fațete interconectate.“ The New York Times „McBride își dirijează simfonia antică cu profundă căldură, fără să piardă din priviri suferința și inegalitatea în mijlocul comediei pe care o creează.“ The New York Times „McBride știe să umfle realitatea până la dimensiuni comice, astfel încât să vedem mai bine mecanismele cele mai mici care fac ca sistemul să funcționeze injust.“ Los Angeles Times „O comedie plină de compasiune.“ Time James McBride (n. 1957) este scriitor, muzician și scenarist. În 1996 a publicat un volum de memorii, The Color of Water. A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, în care­și povestește copilăria petrecută în sânul unei familii sărace de afro­americani, condusă cu mână de fier de o mamă evreică, care se convertește la creștinism. Cartea a rezistat doi ani în topurile de vânzări The New York Times și a vândut peste 2 milioane de exemplare. Romanul lui din 2002, Miracle at St. Anna, a fost ecranizat în 2008, în regia lui Spike Lee. Un alt roman, publicat în 2013, The Good Lord Bird (Pasărea Bunului Dumnezeu, Pandora M, 2015), a fost recompensat cu National Book Award. Cel mai recent, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023, în curs de traducere în seria Anansi.Contemporan), a creat o adevărată senzație în lumea literelor americane. James McBride cântă la saxofon și a făcut parte din formația Rock Bottom Remainders, alături de alți scriitori, printre care Stephen King, Amy Tan sau Barbara Kingsolver.

'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS 'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY 'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN 'THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK AMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN, NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY AND WASHINGTON POST WINNER OF THE 2023 KIRKUS FICTION PRIZE In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. As the story moves back in time to the 1930s and the characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.

THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 “A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review “We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us. Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.

"A história divertida, perspicaz e surpreendente do tiro em um traficante de drogas do Brooklyn e das pessoas que testemunharam o ocorrido. Em setembro de 1969, o velho diácono, atrapalhado e excêntrico, conhecido na vizinhança como Paletó, sai cambaleando pelo pátio do Projeto Habitacional Causeway no sul do Brooklyn, tira uma arma calibre 38 do bolso e, na frente de todo mundo, atira à queima-roupa no traficante local. Os motivos para esse rompante desesperado de violência e as consequências dele estão no centro de Diácono King Kong, romance de James McBride e seu primeiro trabalho desde o premiado O pássaro do bom senhor. Em Diácono King Kong, McBride nos apresenta um retrato vívido das pessoas afetadas pelo tiro: a vítima, os residentes afro-americanos e latinos que testemunharam, os vizinhos brancos, os policiais locais designados para investigar os acontecimentos, os membros da Igreja Batista das Cinco Pontas, onde Paletó era diácono, os mafiosos italianos do bairro, e o próprio Paletó. Conforme a história se aprofunda, fica claro que as vidas desses personagens – envolvidos pelo turbilhão que era Nova York no final da década de 1960 – se entrelaçam de maneiras inesperadas. Quando a verdade por fim emerge, McBride mostra que nem todos os segredos podem ser escondidos, que o melhor modo de crescer é enfrentar as mudanças que se apresentam e que as sementes do amor crescem na compaixão e na esperança. Com perspicácia e bom humor, Diácono King Kong demonstra que o amor e a fé vivem dentro de todos nós."

"A história divertida, perspicaz e surpreendente do tiro em um traficante de drogas do Brooklyn e das pessoas que testemunharam o ocorrido. Em setembro de 1969, o velho diácono, atrapalhado e excêntrico, conhecido na vizinhança como Paletó, sai cambaleando pelo pátio do Projeto Habitacional Causeway no sul do Brooklyn, tira uma arma calibre 38 do bolso e, na frente de todo mundo, atira à queima-roupa no traficante local. Os motivos para esse rompante desesperado de violência e as consequências dele estão no centro de Diácono King Kong, romance de James McBride e seu primeiro trabalho desde o premiado O pássaro do bom senhor. Em Diácono King Kong, McBride nos apresenta um retrato vívido das pessoas afetadas pelo tiro: a vítima, os residentes afro-americanos e latinos que testemunharam, os vizinhos brancos, os policiais locais designados para investigar os acontecimentos, os membros da Igreja Batista das Cinco Pontas, onde Paletó era diácono, os mafiosos italianos do bairro, e o próprio Paletó. Conforme a história se aprofunda, fica claro que as vidas desses personagens – envolvidos pelo turbilhão que era Nova York no final da década de 1960 – se entrelaçam de maneiras inesperadas. Quando a verdade por fim emerge, McBride mostra que nem todos os segredos podem ser escondidos, que o melhor modo de crescer é enfrentar as mudanças que se apresentam e que as sementes do amor crescem na compaixão e na esperança. Com perspicácia e bom humor, Diácono King Kong demonstra que o amor e a fé vivem dentro de todos nós."

Barack Obama - Lieblingsbücher 2020 Die ruhigen Tage scheinen gezählt in der kleinen Baptistengemeinde "Five Ends" im Süden Brooklyns. An einem warmen Septembertag im Jahr 1969 tritt der alte Diakon Cuffy Lampkin, genannt "King Kong", mit einer Waffe auf den zentralen Platz seines Sozialbauviertels, hält sie vor aller Augen dem hiesigen Drogendealer ins Gesicht - und drückt ab. Ausgerechnet King Kong, der keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun kann. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Schnell zeigt sich, dass sich die Schicksale aller Gemeindemitglieder - der Afroamerikaner wie der Latinos, der abgehalfterten Mafiosi wie der korrupten Cops - in dieser unvorstellbaren Tat überkreuzen. Und dass himmlische Gerechtigkeit und Strafe manchmal eine ziemlich irdische Angelegenheit sind...

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book Prize One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year" Oprah's Book Club Pick New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME Magazine A Washington Post Notable Novel From the author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and, in front of everybody, shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride’s funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird. In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters—caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York—overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. Bringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.

« Enfant, je n'ai jamais su d'où venait ma mère. » Arrivé à l'âge adulte, James McBride interroge celle qui l'a élevé et dont la peau est tellement plus claire que la sienne. Il découvre l'histoire cachée de Ruth, fille d'un rabbin polonais qui a bravé tous les interdits pour épouser un Noir protestant en 1942. Reniée par sa famille, elle élève James et ses onze frères et sœurs dans la précarité, le chaos et la joie. Pour elle, peu importe la couleur de peau. Seul compte l'avenir de ses enfants. Ils feront des études, et ainsi choisiront leur vie. Tressant leurs souvenirs, James McBride raconte, plein d'amour et de fierté, une femme forte et secrète, lucide et naïve, imperméable aux préjugés : sa mère. L'hommage fulgurant d'un immense écrivain à sa mère. La Promesse de l'aube dans les quartiers noirs de Brooklyn.

Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856--a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces--when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town--along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859--one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride's meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.

Un vendeur de jouets émerveillé face au plus précieux jouet du monde dont l'existence n'était jusqu'ici qu'un mythe ; une bande de gamins dont la musique transforme le quotidien d'un ghetto noir en Pennsylvanie ; un conte de la guerre de Sécession avec un Abraham Lincoln aux allures de Père Noël ; un zoo avec des animaux qui parlent et se moquent des humains, si maladroits... Ces miniatures ont en commun la part de magie qui peut surgir à tout moment de notre existence. Lumineuse et imprévisible, la vie bouillonne et prend toujours le dessus, surtout si l'on tend la main aux autres. James McBride, lauréat du National Book Award, explore avec tendresse et humour la condition humaine pour nous réconcilier un peu plus avec nous-mêmes.

« Chacun dans sa vie, homme ou femme, a sa chanson, et si vous avez un peu de chance, vous ne l'oubliez pas. La chanson de votre mariage, la chanson de votre premier amour, la chanson de votre enfance. Pour nous, les Africains-Américains, la chanson de notre vie, la chanson de toute une histoire, s'incarne dans l'existence et l'époque de James Brown. » Mais qui était James Brown et quelle était cette époque ? Pourquoi, surtout, est-il devenu une part de l'âme de l'Amérique au même titre que Martin Luther King ou Mohamed Ali ? Une enquête virtuose pour percer le secret du génie de la soul, complexe et intense. L'ascension spectaculaire de James Brown dans l'Amérique tumultueuse des années 1960-1970.

Quatre Buffalo Soldiers croisent le destin d'un village, et d'un petit garçon. New York,1983. Un vieil employé sans histoire abat froidement un homme avec un antique pistolet allemand. On découvre dans son appartement la tête d'une statue italienne à la valeur inestimable. Enfermé à l'asile, le meurtrier livrera son récit. Celui de quatre soldats perdus au cœur de la campagne italienne en 1944. Celui d'un gamin de huit ans qu'ils viennent de secourir et qui ne prononce pas un mot. Celui d'un petit village coutumier des histoires de trahison et des miracles en tout genre.

Die Farbe von Wasser erzählt die Geschichte James McBrides, der in den sechziger Jahren – den Zeiten von Malcolm X und Martin Luther Kings – an der Seite von elf Geschwistern in New York aufwächst. Vor allem aber erzählt es die bewegende Geschichte seiner weißen Mutter Ruth, die 1921 in Polen als Tochter eines orthodoxen Rabbiners geboren wird, mit zwei Jahren mit ihrer Familie nach Amerika auswandert und mit 17 für immer ihr Elternhaus in Virgina verlässt, um in New York einen Schwarzen zu heiraten. Eine Familiengeschichte wie ein Roman, mit einer Heldin, die wie selbstverständlich über Rassenkonflikte und persönliche Entbehrungen triumphiert.

Fascinating stories from the world of aviation will leave you awestruck. Our colleague have pulled no punches in their descriptions of the events that happened to them. This book has a global reach. There are AirCrew Stories from as far West as Seattle and as Far East as China. The inside story of a hijack attempt of a B747 in Africa and a rescue flight in the Balkans. An Engine Failure-on-Take-Off in France and running out of fuel in Scotland in the winter... The overall message which comes through is the indomitability of the human spirit. Even when things go wrong in the highly technical world of flight, the humans are there to save the day.

Conflito e humor se mesclam na epopeia pela libertação que levou o National Book Award de 2013. Henry Shackleford é um menino escravizado no território do Kansas em 1856. Uma das grandes figuras do momento é John Brown, lendário abolicionista que vê na insurreição armada o único caminho para a libertação. E, quando Brown chega ao Kansas, o garoto vê-se forçado a deixar a cidade na companhia do abolicionista, que o toma por uma menina. O excêntrico Brown, então, apelida Henry de "Cebola", adotando-o como seu amuleto, e o jovem, de modo a permanecer vivo, oculta sua verdadeira identidade. A pequena Cebola pode contar apenas com a própria engenhosidade para sobreviver à violência crescente entre Brown, com o apoio de seu exército esfarrapado, e os senhores de escravos, antes do lendário ataque a Harpers Ferry, onde a história norte-americana tomará novos rumos. Uma narrativa arrebatadora, descrita pela voz de um ancião que rememora sua infância, O pássaro do bom senhor fará o leitor rir e pensar. É uma aventura envolvente, contada a partir do olhar meticuloso para personagens e detalhes característicos de McBride.

One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017 “A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. The stories in Five-Carat Soul—none of them ever published before—spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They’re funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic—all told with McBride’s unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives. As McBride did in his National Book award-winning The Good Lord Bird and his bestselling The Color of Water, he writes with humor and insight about how we struggle to understand who we are in a world we don’t fully comprehend. The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also a moving exploration of our human condition.

En 1856, Henry Shackleford, douze ans, traîne avec insouciance sa condition de jeune esclave noir. Jusqu'à ce que le légendaire abolitionniste John Brown débarque en ville avec sa bande de renégats. Henry se retrouve alors libéré malgré lui et embarqué à la suite de ce chef illuminé qui le prend pour une fille. Affublé d'une robe et d'un bonnet, le jeune garçon sera brinquebalé des forêts où campent les révoltés aux salons des philanthropes en passant par les bordels de l'Ouest, traversant quelques-unes des heures les plus marquantes du XIXe siècle américain. Dans cette épopée romanesque inventive et désopilante, récompensée par le prestigieux National Book Award en 2013, James McBride revisite avec un humour féroce et une verve truculente l'histoire de son pays et de l'un de ses héros les plus méconnus.

“You won’t leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling.”—The Boston Globe From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul Kill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an unsettling symbol of the tensions between North and South, black and white, rich and poor. After receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth, James McBride goes in search of the “real” James Brown. McBride’s travels take him to forgotten corners of Brown’s never-before-revealed history, illuminating not only our understanding of the immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated Godfather of Soul, but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown’s enduring legacy. Praise for Kill ’Em and Leave “A tour de force of cultural reportage.”—The Seattle Times “Thoughtful and probing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Masterly . . . powerful.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “McBride provides something lacking in most of the books about James Brown: an intimate feeling for the musician, a veracious if inchoate sense of what it was like to be touched by him. . . . It may be as close [to ‘the real James Brown’] as we’ll ever get.”—David Hajdu, The Nation “A feat of intrepid journalistic fortitude.”—USA Today “[McBride is] the biographer of James Brown we’ve all been waiting for. . . . McBride’s true subject is race and poverty in a country that doesn’t want to hear about it, unless compelled by a voice that demands to be heard.”—Boris Kachka, New York “Illuminating . . . engaging.”—The Washington Post “A gorgeously written piece of reportage that gives us glimpses of Brown’s genius and contradictions.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

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Lieveheersvogel is een opmerkelijk en tot de verbeelding sprekend boek, geschreven door de opvallend veelzijdige auteur James McBride. Het is een geweldige combinatie van geschiedenis en verbeeldingskracht, geschreven met een nauwkeurig gevoel voor detail en personages. Slavenzoon en wees Henry Shackleford is gedwongen te vluchten en wordt aan de vooravond van de Amerikaanse burgeroorlog opgenomen in het gezelschap van John Brown, een militant voorstander van de afschaffing van de slavernij. Henry wordt door de blanke Brown voor een meisje aangezien. Hoewel hij zich in eerste instantie schaamt, ziet hij al gauw de voordelen van zijn nieuwe identiteit en vrijheid. Het verhaal van Lieveheersvogel ontspint zich rondom deze twee onvergetelijke karakters tijdens een cruciaal moment in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, waarin de afschaffing van de slavernij centraal staat. McBride diept met lef, humor en gevoel dit pijnlijke onderwerp uit en biedt een nieuw perspectief op deze beslissende periode.

This book introduces Mr. Deep Positivity to the world

August 1914, Britain is aflame with war and patriotism. Men from all over the country rush to enlist, volunteering to fight for King and country. Most are young and innocent and cannot possibly foresee the horrors that await them on the bloody battlegrounds of the Western Front. How many of them will survive? Brothers Tom and David Duke have spent most of their lives playing rugby together. With the advent of war, however, they too choose to enlist, each for his own reason: Tom has an insatiable lust for adventure, and David simply cannot let his brother go to war without him. They become soldiers, and together will face the untold horrors of the First World War. Their innocence and boundless enthusiasm propel them into the infamous Battle of the Somme in 1916. The following year, they face the unspeakable horror of Passchendaelle, a name that would become synonymous with the ineffable futility of the Great War. What began as patriotic adventure becomes a fight for survival. The brothers cannot escape the brutal reality of war which has unforeseen and tragic consequences for them and the people they love most. Based on the official war diaries of the Eleventh Battalion, the London Regiment, this historical novel tells a gripping story of the true tragedy of the Great War.