Miracle at St. Anna - Couverture rigide

McBride, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 158724473X ISBN 13 : 9781587244735

Editeur : Wheeler Pub Inc, 2003

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

James McBride's first book, The Color of Water, a memoir published in 1996, sold more than 1.3 million copies and was a bestseller for two years. Now he has produced a novel, Miracle at Sant'Anna. It evokes such power and beauty, pathos and love, that it may very well outstrip its precursor...A searingly, soaringly beautiful novel. Some may argue that the epilogue, which brings the story sharply back to the present, does so perhaps a trifle too cleverly. That was not the case for me. I found it crisp and free of sentimentality.
The book's central theme, its essence, is a celebration of the human capacity for love. Even in the course of virtually unbearable warfare and deprivation - with carnage and devastation, hunger and hopelessness blotting out all other realities - people are able to touch each other, to care. That, McBride insists, is the enduring, immortal miracle of the human race, for all its imperfections.

(Baltimore Sun)

Superbly written...a moving and exciting story that totally satisfies (The Boston Globe)

Graceful, funny and unflinchingly honest (Marie Claire on The Color of Water)

A powerful and emotional novel of black American soldiers fighting the German army in the mountains of Italy around the village of St. Anna of Stazzema in December 1944. This is a refreshingly ambitious story of men facing the enemy in front and racial prejudice behind; it is also a carefully crafted tale of a mute Italian orphan boy who teaches the American soldiers, Italian villagers and partisans that miracles are the result of faith and trust....Through his sharply drawn characters, McBride exposes racism, guilt, courage, revenge and forgiveness, with the soldiers confronting their own fear and rage in surprisingly personal ways at the decisive moment in their lives (Publishers Weekly)

McBride displays an ear for storytelling and language, but here he also proves he can devise a plot that gathers intensity as it accelerates (People)

A seamless eloquence that is both engaging and enlightening (Sydney Morning Herald on The Color of Water)

The two stories, son's and mother's, beautifully juxtaposed to strike a graceful note (The New York Times Book Review)

A haunting meditation on faith that's also a cracking military thriller . . . MIRACLE flows along with cool, clean prose . . . Profoundly spiritual but rarely preachy, MIRACLE turns out to be less a Good Book than a good book - a miracle in itself (Entertainment Weekly)

Stunning...Incandescent prose which at once marks up a new voice and calls up Tennessee Williams, Isaac Bashevis Singer and streetwise black America rolled into one (Financial Times on The Color of Water)

An extraordinary story, beautifully told (Jewish Chronicle on The Color of Water)

A mesmerising read that counterpoints the horror of war with man's capacity for love (Publishing News)

exellent first novel (The Sunday Telegraph)

McBride is realistic about racial prejudice and explicit about the dreadfulness of all fighting, but still hints at the possiblity of justice. He offers hope. This war story, full of action, suffering, disgust and melodrama is also a sermon, preaching that the human spirit can defeat adversity and that love transcends evil (The Sunday Telegraph)

War, cruelty, passion, heroism and race crammed into one lyrical tale (The List Glasgow)

A wonderfully evocative, moving book (Literary Review on The Color of Water)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Inspired by a historical incident that took place in the village of St. Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany and by the experiences of the famed Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Division in Italy during World War 11, Miracle at St. Anna is a singular evocation of war, cruelty, passion, heroism, and love. It is the story of four American soldiers, the villagers among whom they take refuge, a band of partisans, and an Italian boy, all of whom encounter a miracle -- though perhaps the true miracle lies in themselves.

Traversing class, race, and geography, Miracle at St. Anna is above,, all a hymn to the brotherhood of man and the power to do good that lives in each of us. It reveals a little-known but fascinating moment in history through the eyes and imagination of a gifted writer. Like The Color of Water, James McBride's stunning' first novel will change the way we perceive ourselves and our world.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wheeler Pub Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 158724473X
• ISBN 13: 9781587244735
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 345