Price: ₹443.00
(as of Jul 21, 2023 16:25:35 UTC – Details)
In the soul of The Well explored parts of the planet and The Underground Railroad, an honor winning “supernatural presentation” (Washington Post) about the impossible connection between two freedmen who are siblings and the Georgia rancher whose partnership will modify their lives, and his, until the end of timeIn the disappearing days of the Nationwide conflict, siblings Prentiss and Landry — liberated by the Liberation Decree — look for shelter on the property of George Walker and his significant other, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the deficiency of their main child to the conflict, recruit the siblings to work their ranch, trusting through a surprising kinship to stanch their misery. Prentiss and Landry, in the mean time, plan to set aside cash for the excursion north and an opportunity to rejoin with their mom, who was sold away when they were young men.
Lined up with their story runs a prohibited sentiment between two Confederate warriors. The young fellows, as of late gotten back from the conflict to the town of Old Bull, hold their trysts in the forest. However, when their mystery is found, the subsequent disorder, including a homicide, releases convulsive repercussions on the whole local area. In the outcome of such a lot of strife, Isabelle arises as an impossible chief, proffering a mending vision for the land and for the recently free residents of Old Bull.
With openness and compassion, debut writer Nathan Harris makes an extraordinary cast of characters, portraying Georgia in the brutal pot of Recreation. Equivalent amounts of excellence and fear, however grasping as it seems to be moving, The Pleasantness of Water is an awe-inspiring whose loftiness finds mankind and love in the midst of the most frightening conditions.
One of President Obama’s #1 Books of 2021
Victor of the Ernest J. Gaines Grant for Scholarly Greatness
Victor of the Willie Morris Grant for Southern Fiction
Victor of the Authors’ Class of Texas Book Grant for Fiction
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Author Grant
Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Decoration for Greatness
Longlisted for the Middle for Fiction First Original Award
Longlisted for the Evildoer’s Corner Book Prize
A Best Book of the Year: Oprah Day to day, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Chicago Public Library, BookBrowse, and the Oregonian
A New York Times Book Survey Editors’ Decision
ASIN : B0C9TTR6PS
Language : English
File size : 399 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 119 pages
