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The Water Dancer is the debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates, published on September 24, 2019, by Random House under its One World imprint. It is a surrealist story set in the pre-Civil War South, concerning a superhuman protagonist named Hiram Walker who possesses photographic memory, but who cannot remember his mother, and, late in the novel, is ...
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 2019
Sep 24, 2019 · Hardcover – September 24, 2019. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- $13.37
- One World
Sep 24, 2019 · The Water Dancer. Ta-Nehisi Coates. 4.07. 110,799 ratings11,831 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2019), Nominee for Best Debut Novel (2019) An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here and here. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage.
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- Hardcover
At its best, The Water Dancer is a melancholic and suspenseful novel that merges the slavery narrative with the genres of fantasy or quest novels. But moments of great lyricism are matched with...
Ta-Nehisi Coates imagines the furthest reach of that power as a means to transcend borders and bondage in The Water Dancer, a spellbinding look at the impact of slavery that uses meticulously researched history and hard-won magic to further illuminate this country’s original sin. . . .
- Paperback
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 and beautiful writers.
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Oct 3, 2019 · THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER. Lose yourself in this stunning debut novel - the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully today. 'One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven't felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .' Oprah Winfrey, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK.
