The story of land and sea; door Katy Simpson Smith

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Engelstalig (!) Boek. Prachtige historische roman gezet in het laatste deel van de 18e eeuw. Over liefde, zeevaart, piraterij, het harde leven in de vrije verenigde staten, de slaven en het overleven van een familie.
Katy Simpson Smith geldt als een van de grootste Amerikaanse literaire talenten van dit moment en wordt nu al vergeleken met Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson en Michael Ondaatje. Ze studeerde geschiedenis aan de universiteit van North Carolina in Chapel Hill en was adjunct-professor aan Tulane University.
Katy Simpson Smith woont in New Orleans.

Engelstalige beschrijving: set in a small coastal town in North Carolina during the waning years of the American revolution, this incandescent debut novel follows three generations of family—fathers and daughters, mother and son, master and slave, characters who yearn for redemption amidst a heady brew of war, kidnapping, slavery, and love. Drawn to the ocean, ten-year-old tabitha wanders the marshes of her small coastal village and listens to her father’s stories about his pirate voyages and the mother she never knew. Since the loss of his wife Helen, John has remained land-bound for their daughter, but when tab contracts yellow fever, he turns to the sea once more. Desperate to save his daughter, he takes her aboard a sloop bound for Bermuda, hoping the salt air will heal her. Years before, Helen herself was raised by a widowed father. Asa, the devout owner of a small plantation, gives his daughter a young slave named Moll for her tenth birthday. Left largely on their own, helen and moll develop a close but uneasy companionship. Helen gradually takes over the running of the plantation as the girls grow up, but when she meets john, the pirate turned continental soldier, she flouts convention and her father’s wishes by falling in love. Moll, meanwhile, is forced into marriage with a stranger. Her only solace is her son, davy, whom she will protect with a passion that defies the bounds of slavery. In this elegant, evocative, and haunting debut, katy simpson smith captures the singular love between parent and child, the devastation of love lost, and the lonely paths we travel in the name of renewal.

Boek: 2e hands in uitstekende staat. Boek zo goed als nieuw. Zeer lichte gebruikssporen aan de bijbehorende papieren omslag. Geen vlekken, vouwen of inscripties in het boek.
Format: 3/4 formaat hard cover. Met bijbehorende papieren omslag in goede staat.
Engelstalig (!) Boek, 243 bladzijden.
Uitgegeven: eerste uitgave was in 2014. Harper Collins publishers, broadway, New York, New York, USA. Eerste editie.

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