The Water Dancer

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In his boldly imagined first novel, Ta Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award winning author of Between the World and Me, brings home the most intimate evil of enslavement the cleaving and separation of families.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. Best Read The Water Dancer [ Author ] Ta-Nehisi Coates [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr banging pots and pans together HELLO I D LIKE TO BRING EVERYONE S ATTENTION TO THIS BOOK WHICH IS DESCRIBED ASA bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure Driven by the author s bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly rendered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America s oldest struggle the struggle to tell the truth from one of our most exciting thinkers banging pots and pans together HELLO I D LIKE TO BRING EVERYONE S ATTENTION TO THIS BOOK WHICH IS DESCRIBED ASA bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure Driven by the author s bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly rendered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America s oldest struggle the struggle to tell the truth from one ...If you ve read his non fiction than you know what a powerfully this author writes I was so curious about his first first foray into fiction Would it be as good, as powerful For me the answer is yes This is a vividly portrayed and imaginative slave narrative It takes place mostly in Virginia at a plantation called Lockless Hiram is our narrator, he remembers little of his mother and he is the black son of the plantation owner He also possesses a remarkable memory, and another unusual talen If you ve read his non fiction than you know what a powerfully this author writes I was so curious about his first first foray into fiction Would it be as good, as powerful For me the answer is yes This is a vividly portrayed and imaginative slave narrative It takes place mostly in Virginia at a plantation called Lockless Hiram is our narrator, he remembers little of his mother and he is the black son of the plantation owner He also possesses a remarkable memory, and another unusual talent, which I will not explain in this review The life and brutality of the slave life is powerfully portrayed, the dai...Review to come3.5 stars rounded up to 4 Thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review If you ve never experienced the beautiful magic of Ta Nehisi Coates writing, it s time to add him to your TBR In his first steps into fiction, Coates brings us the tale of Hiram Hi Walker, a slave on a Virginia plantation in the mid 1800 s With little to no memory of his mother and the property of his white father, the owner of the plantation, Hiram soon finds 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 Thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review If you ve never experienced the beautiful magic of Ta Nehisi Coates writing, it s time to add him to your TBR In his first steps into fiction, Coates brings us the tale of Hiram Hi Walker, a slave on a Virginia plantation in the mid 1800 s With little to no memory of his mother and the property of his white father, the owner of the plantation, Hiram soon finds himself called to the big house to serve his half brother Maynard As the boys grow, an incident will occur th...4.5 StarsA beautifully shared story of the history of slavery, a world built by those purchased or born of those referred to as the Tasked under the watchful eyes of their owners, those of the Quality. While this time and place are difficult to read about, there s a magical element to this that manages to create an atmosphere both hopeful and lovely, and helps to balance out the overall atmosphereI am here, telling this story, and not from the grave, not yet, but from the here and now, peeri 4.5 StarsA beautifully shared story of the history of slavery, a world built by those purchased or born of those referred to as the Tasked under the watchful eyes of their owners, those of the Quality. While this time and place are difficult to read about, there s a magical element to this that manages to create an atmosphere both hopeful and lovely, and helps to balance out the overall atmosphereI am here, telling this story, and not from the grave, not yet, but from the here and now, peering back into another time, when we were slaves, and close to the earth, and close to a power that baffled the scholars and flummoxed the Quality, a power, like our music, like our dance, that they cannot grasp, because they cannot rememberTo hear Ta Nehisi Coates read this quote There is something abou...This is an absolutely beautiful book The writing itself is stunning and a lot of work is put into absolutely every sentence It deals with such heavy and heartbreaking topics and at times it is very hard to read, but also at times still feels optimistic that there are good things in this world worth fighting for such as love, family, connections, familiarity and home This book took me a while to read as it is very deep and character driven This is a slow story that you are meant to take your This is an absolutely beautiful book The writing itself is stunning and a lot of work is put into absolutely every sentence It deals with such heavy and heartbreaking topics and at times it is very hard to read, but also at times still feels optimistic that there are good things in this world worth fighting for such as love, family, connections, familiarity and home This book took me a while to read as it is very deep and character driven This is a slow story that you are meant to take your time with and really absorb and understand The story line is good and moves along at a good pace but the things that makes this book different from other books on this topic is first the focus on people s thoughts and inner workings How they felt,...SPREAD THE WORD START A RIOT RUN THROUGH THE STREETSTHIS BOOK NEEDS TO WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A BESTSELLERTa Nehisi Coates is a genius Seriously, he s got the MacArthur Fellowship to prove it I ve read a lot of his previous work in The Atlantic, along with Between the World and Me, so I was excited to find out that he s chosen to branch out into historical fiction with The Water Dancer He s a gifted writer, and his talent shines in any genre in which he chooses to write.The first thing that struck me in The Water Dancer was the level of detail in each sentence It s obvious that Coates informed Ta Nehisi Coates is a genius Seriously, he s got the MacArthur Fellowship to prove it I ve read a lot of his previous work in The Atlantic, along with Between the World and Me, so I was excited to find out that he s chosen to branch out into historical fiction with The Water Dancer He s a gifted writer, and his talent shines in any genre in which he chooses to write.The first thing that struck me in The Water Dancer was the level of detail in each sentence It s obvious that Coates informed his writing with thorough research, and he used this knowledge to infuse each line with details that vividly depict both the setting antebellum America ...Who isThe Water DancerEarly on in this lyrical tale we see images of black women dancing with jugs of water perched upon their heads, moving to release the tensions of their lives and celebrate the sense of family and community they share with one another despite their circumstances It isn t until much later that we see another water dancer, a true historical figure, and then, finally, another He is the book s central character, Hiram Walker.Hiram Hi Walker is a child when we first meet Who isThe Water DancerEarly on in this lyrical tale we see images of black women dancing with jugs of water perched upon their heads, moving to release the tensions of their lives and celebrate the sense of family and community they share with one another despite their circumstances It isn t until much later that we see another water dancer, a true historical figure, and then, finally, another He is the book s central character, Hiram Walker.Hiram Hi Walker is a child when we first meet him, and all is revealed through his eyes, thoughts, and emotions He shows us the unspeakable cruelties of slavery He refers to as himself and his fellow slaves as the Tasked The oppressors he calls Quality Other whites who do not own slaves are the Low As the illegitimate biracial son of the estate owner, he moves between the two worlds, yet he has no power, no freedom I had never before read any work by Coates, and I was enthralled He writes with so muc...the story of America s oldest struggle the struggle to tell the truth This sounds so good, I can t believe it isn t onpeople s radarThis review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here The prose is magjestic not a typo, a combination of magnificent and majestic And the reason why I lead with that is simply, the magjesty not a typo will keep you going when this bold and very ambitious novel drags a little under the weight of the challenge of crafting a story about the ills and evils of slavery, without the loudness It always happened like this that is what I had been told Bored whites were barbarian whites While they played at aristocrats, we were their well appointed and The prose is magjestic not a typo, a combination of magnificent and majestic And the reason why I lead with that is simply, the magjesty not a typo will keep you going when this bold and very ambitious novel drags a little under the weight of the challenge of crafting a story about the ills and evils of slavery, without the loudness It always happened like this that is what I had been told Bored whites were barbarian whites While they played at aristocrats, we were their well appointed and stoic attendants But when they tired of dignity, the bottom fell out New games were anointed and we were but pieces on the board It was terrifying There was no limit to what they might do at this end of the tether, nor what my father would allo...

The Water Dancer
  • English
  • 24 August 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 432 pages
  • 0399590595
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • The Water Dancer