Synopsis
Pioneering author Pauline E. Hopkins displays a phantasmagorical imagination in the first novel by an African American to be set in Africa.
Entering Harvard by passing as white, medical student Reuel Briggs is considered a genius in the unconventional science of the occult. Though ignorant of his own very relevant lineage, Reuel finds himself on a lucrative archaeological expedition to Ethiopia. There, he hopes to raid the treasures of Meroe. Instead, traversing the ruins of a hidden city and beset by maddening visions and escalating dangers, he is forced to confront his own bloodline. What Reuel unearths is beyond anything he imagined.
Hopkins’s audacious novel succeeds on numerous levels—as escapist adventure, otherworldly romance, paranormal thriller, and ethnological interrogation. Of One Blood boldly excavates an ancient past to explore profound questions of identity and to challenge the racial divisions that continue to haunt us to this day.
Revised edition: Previously published as Of One Blood, this edition of Of One Blood (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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À propos de l'auteur
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859–1930) was a writer, historian, and activist born in Portland, Maine, and educated at Girls High School in Boston. After pursuing jobs as an actress and as a singer, Hopkins chose to focus on her literary ambitions and went on to have an extensive writing career as the author of four novels, numerous short stories, essays, and a play. Hopkins also served as editor at the pioneering Colored American Magazine, where she was able to explore Black history, racial and economic discrimination, and equality for women in a deep and sustained manner.
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