George And Rue - Couverture souple

Clarke, George Elliott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786718749 ISBN 13 : 9780786718740

Editeur : Avalon Publishing Group, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Clarke George Elliott

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

IT WAS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, a “slug-ugly” crime. Brothers George and Rufus Hamilton, in a robbery gone wrong, drunkenly bludgeoned a taxi driver to death with a hammer. It was 1949, and the two siblings, part Mi’kmaq and part African, were both hanged in Fredericton for the killing. 
    Those facts are also skeletons in George Elliott Clarke’s family closet. Both repelled and intrigued by his ancestral cousins’ deeds, Clarke set out to discover just what kind of forces would reduce men to crime, violence and, ultimately, murder. His findings took shape in the 2001 Governor General’s Award winning Execution Poems and culminates brilliantly in George & Rue. The novel shifts seamlessly back into the killers’ pasts, recounting a bleak and sometimes comic tale of victims of violence who became killers, a black community too poor and too shamed to assist its downtrodden members, and a white community bent on condemning all blacks as dangerous outsiders.
    George & Rue is a book about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humour. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that so often defines Clarke’s writing, here is a literary debut that will be marked by celebration and controversy.

Revue de presse

"George Elliott Clarke writes from the heart as well as the head. No one else has his voice nor his literary fingerprints. He is unique and we should all be grateful" (Alistair MacLeod, author of No Great Mischief)

"George Elliott Clarke... is a treasure of world literature. Every page of this novel has heartbreaking genius" (Howard Norman, author of The Bird Artist)

"This formidably crafted recreation of a desperate episode should win widespread acclaim" (Peter Carty Independent)

"The novel has been compared with In Cold Blood, but the voice is entirely Clarke's own rough, uncompromising and ultimately heartbreaking" (Kate Saunders The Times)

"George Elliott Clarke has mined his family tree for the poignant story of George and Rue. His heart does not waver in its quest for the courage to shed light on a grievous crime. George & Rue is an extraordinary and poignant first novel. We weep with Clarke while rejoicing in his triumph" (Nikki Giovanni, author of Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Avalon Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786718749
• ISBN 13: 9780786718740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible