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.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- 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
- 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
- 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/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
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Magic realist fiction
- Plantations -- Fiction
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- Fiction
- Southern States
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy fiction
Genre
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- trueDiverse Literary Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2019
- trueLoan Stars Favourites: 2019
- trueMagical Realism
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2020
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueAfrican American Historical Fiction
- trueBCALA Literary Award: First Novelist Category
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