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The Book of Harlan

The Book of Harlan

by Robin Miles and Bernice McFadden
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 01/01/2017

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Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden's mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan skillfully blends the stories of McFadden's familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters.

The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre affectionately referred to as 'the Harlem of Paris' by black American musicians Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him.

But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany irreparably changing the course of Harlan's life.

'Through this character portrait of Harlan, McFadden has constructed a vivid, compelling narrative that makes historical fiction an accessible, literary window into the African-American past and some of the contemporary dilemmas of the present.' - Publishers Weekly

'McFadden packs a powerful punch with tight prose and short chapters that bear witness to key events in early twentieth-century history ... McFadden presents a remarkably crisp portrait of one average man's extraordinary bravery in the face of pure evil' - Booklist

'Simply miraculous ... As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader's astonishment at the magic she creates. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance and cruelty, and at the center of The Book of Harlan is the restorative force that is music.' - The Washington Post

ISBN:
9781489375780
9781489375780
Category:
Historical fiction
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
01-01-2017
Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
8
Dimensions (mm):
134x146mm
Weight:
0.2kg

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