A Different Drummer: The Extraordinary Rediscovered Classic of 2018 [Audiobook] download free by William Melvin Kelley
- Listen audiobook: A Different Drummer: The Extraordinary Rediscovered Classic of 2018
- Author: William Melvin Kelley
- Release date: 2018/6/14
- Publisher: QUERCUS PUBLISHING
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Society and Social Sciences
- ISBN: 9781787478039
- Rating: 8.6 of 10
- Votes: 202
- Review by: Andrea Hatley
- Review rating: 8.53 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/30
- Duration: 4H10M40S in 256 kbps (67.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-31
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AAC, MPEG4, FLAC, TTA, WAV, WMA, MP3 (compression TAR, LZ, RAR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 336
- Includes a PDF summary of 33 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 25M33S (6.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times'The lost giant of American literature' New Yorker'Absolutely essential reading' StylistJune, 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.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Classic Books & Novels, Civil Rights & Citizenship, Contemporary Fiction, Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
- Download servers: EasyBytez, FileServe, Uploaded, Torrent, Microsoft OneDrive, TusFiles, Google Drive, Volafile, MEGA, Hotfile. Compressed in TAR, LZ, RAR, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 9.70 USD
- Dimensions: 163x196x24mm
- Weight: 270g
- Printed by: Riverrun
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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