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Chargement... The Fall of Romepar Martha Southgate
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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. Beautiful, serene and sad, think Dead Poets Society meets Go Tell it on the Mountain. A first novel which is remarkable. If you have a thing for novels/movies about inspirational teachers but also get the difficulties of teaching and working in education itself, I cannot recommend this book enough. ( ) Another amazing book by Southgate. I really tried to drag this out for two reasons - 1 I didn't want it to end, all the characters were so compelling and 2 I was very fearful of a tragic end. I love how Southgate can tell stories from multiple points of view and you feel such empathy for each and every one of them, you want the best possible outcome for each character. I should have known by the title whose outcome would be the saddest. Can't wait to see what she writes next. Alternating chapters are told in the voice of (1) a longtime African American teacher of classics at an elite New England prep school for boys; (2) a new English teacher at the school, recently divorced and attracted to (1), who previously taught for many years at an innter city school in Cleveland; and (3) (told in third-person for some reason) a 14-year-old African American boy from Brooklyn who enrolls at the mostly white school after his promising older brother is killed in a senseless shooting in their neighborhood. It's a very nuanced protrayal of racial issues in an intimate setting. Despite the almost trite prep school setting (something the author & her characters are aware of), it feels fresh & authentic. The Fall of Rome, by Martha Southgate, is a must-read for all teenagers and teachers. Jerome Washington is an African American Latin teacher at Chelsea; an all boys boarding school that is mainly Caucasian. Rashid Bryson, from New York City, is one of the few African American students at Chelsea. He registers for Latin class thinking Mr. Washington would be his ally. Rashid soon learns that the challenges at this school might be too much to bear, and that race is unfortunately a factor in how some people judge him, even Mr. Washington. This novel challenges individuals to look honestly at their beliefs about race and class and encourages teachers to think twice before they judge a student. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an elite all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, he has spent nearly two decades trying not to appear too "racial." So he is unnerved when Rashid Bryson, a promising black inner-city student who is new to the school, seeks Washington as a potential ally against Chelsea's citadel of white privilege. Preferring not to align himself with Bryson, Washington rejects the boy's friendship. Surprised and dismayed by Washington's response, Bryson turns instead to Jana Hansen, a middle-aged white divorcée who is also new to the school -- and who has her own reasons for becoming involved in the lives of both Bryson and Washington. Southgate makes her debut as a writer to watch in this compelling, provocative tale of how race and class ensnare Hansen, Washington, and Bryson as they journey toward an inevitable and ultimately tragic confrontation. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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