National Book Critics Circle Awards
Roots
Beginning with slavery, the book traces a family history and turns memory and inheritance into a large-scale narrative.
Work Information
A family story is traced back through the memory of slavery.
Beginning with slavery, the book traces a family history and turns memory and inheritance into a large-scale narrative. Personal experience and historical fact open outward into a wider social frame.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Published
- 1976-09-17
- Pages
- 704 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.68 x 5.03 x 21.74 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780385037877
- ISBN-10
- 0385037872
- Price
- 15307 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Biographies & Memoirs/Cultural & Regional
The monumental bestseller! Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants.
ALEX HALEY taught himself to write during a twenty year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. After retiring, he worked as a freelance magazine writer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcom X, on which he was collaborator and editor. ROOTS: The Saga of An American Family was his second book, for which he was awarded special recognition from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award committees. He also wrote A Different Kind of Christmas, available from Random House Value Publishing, and Queen, a sequel to ROOTS. Haley died in 1992.
Reviews
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A classic.
If you saw the miniseries Roots, or didn't see it, this work by the late Alex Haley is the best way to begin to understand the continuing severity of problems stemming from the concept of 'race' in America. Highly recommended.
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長いけど、スラスラ読める
とにかく長いです。この話を知らないアメリカ人はいないかもしれません。アフリカンアメリカンの歴史的な悲劇やアメリカの白人社会をありありと描いた話です。アメリカの過去の間違いを知ることができる貴重な本だと思います。人種的な見方が変わるかもしれません。
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こりゃいただけません。
おそらく水没した商品だと思います。不本意だったのですが半額返金に応じました。
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A true masterpiece
Truly magisterial! This is Haley’s magnum opus of the life of Kunta Kinte from his peaceful village in The Gambia, the horrors of his capture, the inhumanity of his enslavement through his lineage, and their struggle to keep his memories alive for each successive generation. This book is both heartbreaking in its portrayal of slavery, while also being inspirational in its depiction of the strength and resilience of those enslaved. I definitely loved this book and recommend it highly!
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Ótimo livro.
Ótimo produto, apenas a Amazon que poderia ter embalado melhor o livro, veio apenas no saco tradicional com bolha e estragou um dos cantos, é uma viagem longa.
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A good interesting book
Must read….
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A must read for white Americans whose ancestry traces back to Europe
Reading this book will make you feel a plethora of strong emotions but ultimately it will instill a level of respect for the black American community. This book will also prompt reflection about injustice and systemic racism. I'm really glad to have come across this book!
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Un cadeau
L'ayant lu en français avec un grand intérêt, je l'ai offert en anglais et le lirai moi-même en version originale.