| Description |
xxxiv, 302 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article 'The Lost Giant of American Literature', included as a foreword to this edition. June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him. The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination. A lost masterpiece republished for 2018, A Different Drummer is for readers who have been waiting for the next rediscovered classic |
| Notes |
Originally published: Doubleday, 1962 |
| Subject |
Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction
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African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Race relations -- Fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Satirical literature.
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Reading nook.
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Contemporary Classics
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| Author |
Schulz, Kathryn, writer of introduction
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| LC no. |
be2018039102 |
| ISBN |
9781787478039 (paperback) |
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