The Warmth of Other Suns：The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

图书标准信息

• 作者 Isabel Wilkerson 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2010-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780679444329
• 定价 239.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 640页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Inthisepic,beautifullywrittenmasterwork,PulitzerPrize–winningauthorIsabelWilkersonchroniclesoneofthegreatuntoldstoriesofAmericanhistory:thedecades-longmigrationofblackcitizenswhofledtheSouthfornorthernandwesterncities,insearchofabetterlife.From1915to1970,thisexodusofalmostsixmillionpeoplechangedthefaceofAmerica.Wilkersoncomparesthisepicmigrationtothemigrationsofotherpeoplesinhistory.Sheinterviewedmorethanathousandpeople,andgainedaccesstonewdataandofficialrecords,towritethisdefinitiveandvividlydramaticaccountofhowtheseAmericanjourneysunfolded,alteringourcities,ourcountry,andourselves.?Withstunninghistoricaldetail,Wilkersontellsthisstorythroughthelivesofthreeuniqueindividuals:IdaMaeGladney,whoin1937leftsharecroppingandprejudiceinMississippiforChicago,wheresheachievedquietblue-collarsuccessand,inoldage,votedforBarackObamawhenheranforanIllinoisSenateseat;sharpandquick-temperedGeorgeStarling,whoin1945fledFloridaforHarlem,whereheendangeredhisjobfightingforcivilrights,sawhisfamilyfall,andfinallyfoundpeaceinGod;andRobertFoster,wholeftLouisianain1953topursueamedicalcareer,thepersonalphysiciantoRayCharlesaspartofaglitteringlysuccessfulmedicalcareer,whichallowedhimtopurchaseagrandhomewhereheoftenthrewexuberantparties.Wilkersonbrilliantlycapturestheirfirsttreacherousandexhaustingcross-countrytripsbycarandtrainandtheirnewlivesincoloniesthatgrewintoghettos,aswellashowtheychangedthesecitieswithsouthernfood,faith,andcultureandimprovedthemwithdiscipline,drive,andhardwork.Botharivetingmicrocosmandamajorassessment,TheWarmthofOtherSunsisabold,remarkable,andrivetingwork,asuperbaccountofan“unrecognizedimmigration”withinourownland.Throughthebreadthofitsnarrative,thebeautyofthewriting,thedepthofitsresearch,andthefullnessofthepeopleandlivesportrayedherein,thisbookisdestinedtobecomeaclassic.

【作者简介】

IsabelWilkersonwonthe1994PulitzerPrizeforFeatureWritingforherreportingasChicagobureauchiefofTheNewYorkTimes.TheawardmadeherthefirstblackwomaninthehistoryofAmericanjournalismtowinaPulitzerPrizeandthefirstAfricanAmericantowinforindividualreporting.ShewontheGeorgePolkAwardforhercoverageoftheMidwestandaJohnSimonGuggenheimFellowshipforherresearchintotheGreatMigration.ShehaslecturedonnarrativewritingattheNiemanFoundationatHarvardUniversityandhasservedasFerrisProfessorofJournalismatPrincetonUniversityandastheJamesM.CoxJr.ProfessorofJournalismatEmoryUniversity.SheiscurrentlyProfessorofJournalismandDirectorofNarrativeNonfictionatBostonUniversity.DuringtheGreatMigration,herparentsjourneyedfromGeorgiaandsouthernVirginiatoWashington,D.C.,whereshewasbornandreared.Thisisherfirstbook.