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JANVIER - LES AUTEURS AFRO-AMERICAINS


Les auteurs afro-américains contemporains, de Toni Morrison à Colson Whitehead...
Une sélection d'ouvrages qui traitent d'une période difficile de l'Amérique, certes, mais qui nous concernent tous, nous, enfants des pays Européens qui ont organisé la traite des esclaves, comme outil de développement économique.
Des ouvrages chargés d'émotion.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Editeur : WILLIAM_HEINEMANN
Année : 10/2018

A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Leis To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.
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Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe
Auteur : Fannie FLAGG
Editeur : VINTAGE
Année : 09/2018

Rediscover the ultimate comfort read in the classic story of friendship, loyalty and secrets set in the deep south of America in the 1930s.

The day Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, the town took a turn for the better. It was the Depression and that cafe was a home from home for many of us. You [...]
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15,00 €
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The Color Purple
Auteur : Alice WALKER
Editeur : ORION
Année : 05/2018


Set in the deep American South between the wars, The Color Purple is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage.
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Lagoon
Auteur : Nnedi OKORAFOR
Année : 09/2014


But when something like a meteorite plunges into the ocean and a tidal wave overcomes them, these three people will find themselves bound together in ways never imagined. Together with Ayodele, a visitor from beyond the stars, they must race through Lagos and against time itself in order to save the city, the world… and themselves.


‘There was no time to flee. No time to turn. [...]
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15,00 €
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Home
Auteur : Toni MORRISON
Editeur : VINTAGE
Année : 01/2013


An angry and self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America after enduring trauma on the front lines that left him with more than just physical scars. As Frank revisits the memories from childhood and the war that leave him questioning his shattered sense of self, he unearths the courage he thought he’d lost forever.
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13,50 €
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Auteur : Harper LEE
Editeur : ARROW
Année : 06/2010


A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
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12,50 €
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Purple Hibiscus
Longlisted for the 2004 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
Editeur : HARPERCOLLINS
Année : 02/2005


As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house.
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13,50 €
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