The Resource The water dancer : a novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates
The water dancer : a novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The item The water dancer : a novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children--the violent and capricious separation of families--and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First large print edition
- Extent
- 576 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780593168196
- Label
- The water dancer : a novel
- Title
- The water dancer
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Subject
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- Virginia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Magic realist fiction
- trueMagical realism
- trueMothers
- trueNorthern States
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- truePhotographic memory
- truePlantation owners
- Plantations -- Fiction
- truePlantations -- Virginia
- trueRacism
- trueSlave families
- Slavery
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- Fiction
- trueSlaves -- United States -- Social conditions
- Southern States
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- trueSuperhuman abilities
- trueUnderground Railroad
- trueVirginia -- History
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueAncestors
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueBoy slaves
- trueDrowning
- trueEscapes
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children--the violent and capricious separation of families--and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen."--Back cover
- Summary
- A Virginia slave narrowly escapes a drowning death through the intervention of a mysterious force that compels his escape and personal underground war against slavery
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2020.
- BCALA Literary Award for First Novelist, 2020.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2019.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2019.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2019.
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10804704
- Cataloging source
- BYV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slavery
- Plantations
- Virginia
- Slavery
- Southern States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The water dancer : a novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1101638308
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition
- Extent
- 576 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593168196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101638308
- Label
- The water dancer : a novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1101638308
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition
- Extent
- 576 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593168196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101638308
Subject
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Magic realist fiction
- trueMagical realism
- trueMothers
- trueNorthern States
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- truePhotographic memory
- truePlantation owners
- Plantations -- Fiction
- truePlantations -- Virginia
- trueRacism
- trueSlave families
- Slavery
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- Fiction
- trueSlaves -- United States -- Social conditions
- Southern States
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- trueSuperhuman abilities
- trueUnderground Railroad
- trueVirginia -- History
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueAncestors
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueBoy slaves
- trueDrowning
- trueEscapes
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Large type books
Genre
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- Magic realist fiction
- trueMagical realism
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistory
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2020
- trueBCALA Literary Award: First Novelist Category
- trueAfrican American Historical Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2019
- trueLoan Stars Favourites: 2019
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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