Roots: The Saga of an American Family[漫画----41]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alex Haley 著
• 出版社 Carousel Press,US
• 出版时间 2007-05
• ISBN 9781593154493
• 定价 135.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 912页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Earlyinthespringof1750,inthevillageofJuffure,fourdaysupriverfromthecoastofTheGambia,WestAfrica,aman-childwasborntoOmoroandBintaKinte.SobeginsRoots,oneofthemostimportantandinfluentialbooksofourtime.Whenoriginallypublishedthirtyyearsago,itgalvanizedthenationandcreatedanextraordinarypolitical,racial,social,andculturaldialoguethathadnotbeenseeninthiscountrysincethepublicationofUncleTomsCabin.Rootshaslostnoneofitsemotionalpoweranddrama,anditsmessagefortodaysandfuturegenerationsisevenmorevitalandrelevantthanitwasthirtyyearsago.WhenhewasaboyinHenning,Tennessee,AlexHaleysgrandmotherusedtotellhimstoriesabouttheirfamily-storiesthatwentbacktohergrandparents,andtheirgrandparents,downthroughthegenerationsallthewaytoamanshecalledtheAfrican.ShesaidhehadlivedacrosstheoceannearwhathecalledtheKambyBolongoandhadbeenoutintheforestonedaychoppingwoodtomakeadrumwhenhewassetuponbyfourmen,beaten,chainedanddraggedaboardaslaveshipboundforColonialAmerica.Stillvividlyrememberingthestoriesafterhegrewupandbecameawriter,Haleybegantosearchfordocumentationthatmightauthenticatethenarrative.Ittooktenyearsandahalfamillionmilesoftravelacrosscontinentstofindit,butfinally,inanastonishingfeatofgenealogicaldetectivework,hediscoverednotonlythenameoftheAfrican-KuntaKinte-butthepreciselocationofJuffure,theveryvillageinTheGambia,WestAfrica,fromwhichhewasabductedin1767attheageofsixteenandtakenontheLordLigoniertoMarylandandsoldtoaVirginiaplanter.HaleyhastalkedinJuffurewithhisownAfricansixthcousins.OnSeptember29,1967,hestoodonthedockinAnnapoliswherehisgreat-great-great-great-grandfatherwastakenashoreonSeptember29,1767.Nowhehaswrittenthemonumentaltwo-centurydramaofKuntaKinteandthesixgenerationswhocameafterhim-slavesandfreedmen,farmersandblacksmiths,lumbermillworkersandPullmanporters,lawyersandarchitects-andoneauthor.ButHaleyhasdonemorethanrecapturethehistoryofhisownfamily.AsthefirstblackAmericanwritertotracehisoriginsbacktotheirroots,hehastoldthestoryof39millionAmericansofAfricandescent.Hehasrediscoveredforanentirepeoplearichculturalheritagethatslaverytookawayfromthem,alongwiththeirnamesandtheiridentities.Rootsspeaks,finally,notjusttoblacks,ortowhites,buttoallpeoplesandallraceseverywhere,forthestoryittellsisoneofthemosteloquenttestimonialseverwrittentotheindomitabilityofthehumanspirit.Oneofthemostimportantbooksandtelevisionseriesevertoappear,Roots,galvanizedthenation,andcreatedanextraordinarypolitical,racial,socialandculturaldialoguethathadntbeenseensincethepublicationofUncleTomsCabin.Thebooksoldoveronemillioncopiesinthe?rstyear,andtheminiserieswaswatchedbyanastonishing130millionpeople.ItalsowonboththePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAward.RootsopenedupthemindsofAmericansofallcolorsandfaithstooneofthedarkestandmostpainfulpartsofAmericaspast.Overtheyears,bothRootsandAlexHaleyhaveattractedcontroversy,whichcomeswiththeterritoryfortrailblazing,iconicbooks,particularlyonthetopicofrace.SomeofthecriticismresultsfromwhetherROOTSisfactor?ctionandwhetherAlexHaleyconfusedthesetwoissues,asubjectheaddressesdirectlyinthebook.ThereisalsothefactthatHaleywassuedforplagiarismwhenitwasdiscoveredthatseveraldozenparagraphsinRootsweretakendirectlyfromanovel,TheAfrican,byHaroldCourlander,whoultimatelyreceivedasubstantial?nancialsettlementattheendofthecase.Butnoneofthecontroversyaffectsthebasicissue.Rootsfosteredaremarkabledialogueaboutnotjustthepast,butthethenpresentday1970sandhowAmericahadfaredsincethedaysportrayedinRoots.VanguardPressfeelsthatitisimportanttopublishRoots:The30thAnniversaryEditiontoremindthegenerationthatoriginallyreaditthatthereareissuesthatstillneedtobediscussedanddebated,andtointroducetoanewandyoungergeneration,abookthatwillhelpthemunderstand,perhapsforthe?rsttime,therealityofwhattookplaceduringthetimeofRoots.

【作者简介】

AlexHaleytaughthimselftowriteduringatwenty-yearstintintheUSCoastGuard.HebecameitsfirstChiefJournalist,apositionhehelduntilheretiredin1959tobecomeamagazinewriterandinterviewer.HisfirstbookwasTheAutobiographyofMalcolmX,afterwhichhespenttwelveyearsresearchingandwritingRoots.AlexHaleydiedinSeattle,Washingtonin1992.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.