The message
(Large Print)
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Published:
New York : Random House Large Print, ©2024.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
First large print edition.
Physical Desc:
225 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
"Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell's classic "Politics and the English Language," but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories--our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking--expose and distort our realities. The first of the book's three main parts takes Coates on his inaugural trip to Africa-- a journey to Dakar, where he finds himself in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and the ghost-haunted country of his imagination. He then takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on the banning of his own work and the deep roots of a false and fiercely protected American mythology--visibly on display in this capital of the Confederacy, with statues of segregationists still looming over the public squares. Finally, in Palestine, Coates sees with devastating clarity the tragedy that grows in the clash between the stories we tell and reality on the ground"--
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Hamden/Miller New Adult Large Print
LP/070.92/COA
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LT 070.92 CO
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North Branford/Atwater Adult Large Print Fiction
Large Print 070.92 Coates
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305.8 COA
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American journalists -- Biography.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi -- Travel.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Collective memory -- Political aspects.
Israel -- Ethnic relations.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Palestine -- Ethnic relations.
Political culture.
Senegal -- Social conditions.
South Carolina -- Race relations.
Truth -- Political aspects.
World politics.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi -- Travel.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Collective memory -- Political aspects.
Israel -- Ethnic relations.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Palestine -- Ethnic relations.
Political culture.
Senegal -- Social conditions.
South Carolina -- Race relations.
Truth -- Political aspects.
World politics.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9798217014248
Notes
Description
"Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell's classic "Politics and the English Language," but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories--our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking--expose and distort our realities. The first of the book's three main parts takes Coates on his inaugural trip to Africa-- a journey to Dakar, where he finds himself in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and the ghost-haunted country of his imagination. He then takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on the banning of his own work and the deep roots of a false and fiercely protected American mythology--visibly on display in this capital of the Confederacy, with statues of segregationists still looming over the public squares. Finally, in Palestine, Coates sees with devastating clarity the tragedy that grows in the clash between the stories we tell and reality on the ground"--,Back cover.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Coates, T. (2024). The message. First large print edition. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. 2024. The Message. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi, The Message. Random House Large Print, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Message. First large print edition. Random House Large Print, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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