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Chargement... Someone Knows My Name: A Novel (original 2007; édition 2008)par Lawrence Hill
Information sur l'oeuvreAminata par Lawrence Hill (2007)
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With mature themes (e.g., a rape scene on the ship, descriptive killings, and sexual situations), this book is suited for older teens. Hill clearly researched multiple and sources to provide an accurate acount of Aminata's heroic journey and brings to life crucial world history. Teens who enjoyed Sharon Draper's Copper Sun will appreciate this page-turning novel. An unforgettable epic, seen through the eyes of a sharply realized, indomitable heroine. Unfortunately, [Hill's] didactic purpose gets the upper hand and overwhelms the story. Aminata is simply too noble to be believable, and other major characters are mainly symbolic. Nevertheless, Hill's fascinating source material makes this a good choice for book clubs and discussion groups. In depicting a woman who survives history's most trying conditions through force of intelligence and personality, Hill's book is a harrowing, breathtaking tour de force. Livet som slave: Velbalansert historisk fiksjon om slavehandelen og ondskapens banalitet Appartient à la série éditorialeGallimard, Folio (7202) Fait l'objet d'une réponse dansPrix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
Fiction.
African American Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Aminata Diallo (??an amazing literary creation,? Literary Review of Canada) is the beguiling heroine of Lawrence Hill??s SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME. In it, Hill exquisitely imagines the tale of an eighteenth-century woman??s life, spanning six decades and three continents. The fascinating story that Hill tells is a work of the soul and the imagination. Aminata is a character who will stir listeners, from her kidnapping from Africa through her journeys back and forth across the ocean. Enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, Aminata works in the indigo fields and as a midwife. When she is bought by an entrepreneur from Charleston, she is torn from friends and family. The chaos of the Revolutionary War allows her to escape. In British-held Manhattan, she helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for wartime service to the King with safe passage to Nova Scotia. During her travels in Canada, Sierra Leone, and England, Aminata strives for her freedom and that of her people??even when it comes at a price. In this captivating novel, Hill portrays one woman??s remarkable spirit and strength in the face of adversity, and he brings to life crucial and little-known Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Le récit révèle un pan méconnu de l'histoire des loyalistes noirs qui se sont installés en Nouvelle-Écosse avec la promesse d'une vie meilleure qui ne s'est jamais réalisée. Las d'attendre, des milliers d'entre eux ont choisi de quitter ces conditions de misère pour participer à la fondation du Sierre Leone. Dans ce combat pour la liberté, les armes d'Aminata sont la parole et la maîtrise des compétences liés à l'écriture et la lecture. À travers cette narration au «je», Aminata revendique aussi l'ultime liberté qui est celle d'écrire sa propre histoire.
Prix Canada Reads 2009 et Commonwealth Writer's Prize. ( )