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Library CD (In Stock)
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781664469440
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ISBN: 9781664577275
| Runtime: | 6.85 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Caryl Phillips has received international acclaim for his works, including the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and membership in the Royal Society of Literature. Dancing in the Dark brilliantly re-creates the life of Bert Williams, the first black entertainer to achieve stardom in America. In 1896, when Bert decides to perform his stage routine in blackface, he is accused of reviling his race even as he becomes a star in Ziegfeld's Follies.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Phillips is amazing at rendering the wrenching contradictions of ‘playing the coon’ as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois became
prominent…The whole is suffused in Phillips’s brilliant, if here filigreed, light.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An exquisitely moving novel…Only a writer as profoundly
intuitive as Phillips could bring that shrouded history to light.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine
“Heartbreaking…[A] richly nuanced tone poem of a book.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Phillips’ empathetic interpretation of the lives and dreams of four
courageous individuals illuminates the thorny and persistent dilemmas of
artists of color, who still must struggle to stay true to themselves as
they pursue mainstream success…Phillips is in a league with Toni Morrison and V. S. Naipaul.” —Booklist (starred review)
“His best work—cerebral, tender, masterful in its scope and vision.” —Miami Herald
“Delicate, moving, dramatic…Phillips writes powerfully.” —Washington Post Book World
Author
Author Bio: Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel A Distant Shore won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and his other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in New York.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 6.85 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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