Confessions of Nat Turner, The

Author: Styron, William

Brand: Vintage Classics

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 432

Release Date: 01-07-2004

model number: A-213-038

Part Number: A-213-038

Details: Product Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEIn 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery - and that still sear the collective psyches of both races.
Review
Styron has brought to bear on the experience of the Afro-American his penetrating intelligence and his immense skills in creating character, writing dialogue and confronting explosive themes ―
Financial Times

Immensely powerful and compelling ―
Spectator

Magnificent...It is one of those rare books that show us our American past, our present - ourselves - is a dazzling shaft of light...A triumph ―
New York Times
About the Author
Born at Newport News, Virginia, in 1925, William Styron was educated at Duke University. He served in the Marine Corps during the last war, and was recalled to service during the Korean War. After 1952, he lived mainly in Europe, before settling in a rural part of Connecticut.

EAN: 9780099285564

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches

Languages: English