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Chargement... Begin the World Over (2022)par Kung Li Sun
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. For years I read AK Press books because I love theory, politics, and history. Over the past year or three they've begun to delve into the fiction side of publishing and for the most part they've done a bang up job. Begin the World Over is possibly the best of the bunch; it had everything I love, from strong character development (not only flawed/likable people, but also one's that I can partially recognize from my friend group) to an amazing story. I was on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last, even though I was 99% sure I knew how it would end. Alternate history is definitely not my favorite genre, but Kung Li Sun did something special here. Read it! ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Begin the World Over is a counterfactual novel about the Founders' greatest fear-that Black and Indigenous people might join forces to undo the newly formed United States of America-coming true. In 1793, as revolutionaries in the West Indies take up arms, James Hemings has little interest in joining the fight for liberté-talented and favored, he is careful to protect his relative comforts as Thomas Jefferson's enslaved chef. But when he meets Denmark Vesey, James is immediately smitten. The formidable first mate persuades James to board his ship, on its way to the revolt in Saint-Domingue. There and on the mainland they join forces with a diverse cast of characters, including a gender nonconforming prophetess, a formerly enslaved jockey, and a Muskogee horse trader. The resulting adventure masterfully mixes real historical figures and events with a riotous retelling of a possible history in which James must decide whether to return to his constrained but composed former life, or join the coalition of Black revolutionaries and Muskogee resistance to fight the American slavers and settlers. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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